
Figure 11. One process of the step voltage (Vci) reach threshold Vp of comparator
1. Calculate NSTEP in basic self-cap mode.
is the basic equation of the self-cap mode. NSTEP is the V
ci
steps of TSI single scan in self-cap mode.
NSTEP =
Ci × Vp − Vm
vdd3v × Cs × S_XIN × S_XCH
Equation 3.
is the basic equation of the scan time. T
nstep
is the time cost of TSI single scan in self-cap mode.
Tnstep = NSTEP × 1
Fsw
Equation 4.
• C
i
: Typical 90 pF. The integrated capacitance inside TSI module.
• Vdd3v: Typical 3.3 V. PMC internal voltage regulator generates the analog power supply voltage.
• V
p
, V
m
: Configurable, dual reference voltage which can be configured by TSIx_GENCS[DVOLT].
• S_XIN, S_XCH: Configurable, the parameters of analog front end, configured TSIx_MODE[S_XIN],
TSIx_MODE[S_XCH].
• F
sw
: Configurable, the switching clock frequency.
• C
s
: The self-capacitance of touch sensor.
2.
is a new equation to calculate NSTEP when noise cancellation mode is enabled.
NSTEP =
2 × Ci × Vp − Vm
vdd3v − vddlv × Cs × S_XIN × S_XCH
Equation 5.
Vddlv: is internal power supply voltage. Typical 1.2 V.
3. Calculate NSTEP in basic self-cap mode.
The TSI self-cap mode implements the sensitivity boost by canceling the external intrinsic capacitance. The value of the
capacitance to be canceled ranges from 2.5 pF to 20 pF, which is configurable in register TSI_MODE[S_CTRIM].
For example, given the intrinsic capacitance of the touch electrode is 20 pF (it can be calculated by NSTEP equation),
setting the S_CTRIM value as 5.0 pF can make the effective intrinsic capacitance become 15 pF.
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