1. Digital Contact Controller
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2. Applications
Portable Electronics (MP3,
Contents Mobile Phone, PMP, PDA, Camera)
Home Electronics (TV, DVD,
Contents Air conditioner, Refrigerator,
Micro oven, LCD, Door Lock, AV)
DCC
Office & Others (Fax, Copy
Contents
Machine, ATM, Control Panel)

3. The Principle of Capacitive Touch
• Allow design flexibility:
– Free from pad size, pad location, cover thickness, PCB variation
– Capable of on-board, not on additional board
• Result in same sensitivity all the time
Insulator (Set cover)
Touch PAD (Copper)
A
PCB CTouch = ε
ATA2508 D
Ctouch: The capacitance induced between finger and touch pad when touched.
ε : the constant value of permittivity (Air=1,Glass= 10, Acryl=5~10, Rubber=2~3)
D : The thickness of Set Cover
A : The size of Touch Pad

4. The Operating Principle of DCC

5. The Operating Principle of DCC
R Sampling
ref Clock
C
Sampling
Reference ref
Clock
R
sen sen
C
Sensing tdiff
Csen
Sensor generates time delay
Sensing delay is compared with a reference delay
Delay difference is measured by “ Time Converter ”

6. ATA2508 Features
Patented fully digital architecture
Twelve channels (40QFN) or nine channels (32QFN,24SSOP) available
Programmable registers to characterize applications
I2C for the host interface
Different sensitivity assignment to each channel for design flexibility
Configurable AIC™ (Automatic Impedance Calibration)
Two kinds of interrupts (GINT for general purpose, TINT for touch detection)
Eight bit resolution of touch strength data (256 step)
APISTM: Mode1, Mode2, Mode3 (Adjacent Pattern Interference Suppression)
Configurable twelve DIO pins
as direct touch outputs, extended GPIOs, or external interrupt inputs
Beep generation for tactile feeling
Idle and Sleep modes for power saving
De-bounced touch outputs

7. Consumption Current
Strong Point Response Time
1. Consumption Current : 1/10 times comparing to competitors
- Because of not using analog technology, circuit architecture is very simple.
2. Response Time 25 times comparing to competitors
- Because it dose nor need not complex signal processing, can raise the data sampling rate.
Current [mA]
10
C
x 25 Faster Speed
Q
1 S
x 10 Less Power
ATLab
0.1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Conversion Frequency [KHz]

8. Differential vs. Single-End
Single-End Input Differential Input
R
ref
C
Sampling
Reference
Clock
R
sen
C
Sensing
Csen

9. Strong Point Water proof
Single-End Differential
Sensor Input
Sensor Input
Sensing Cap.
Ctouch
Reference Input
Water drop
Water drop
GND Input GND Input

10. Strong Point RF Susceptibility Test
Touch Decision Level
Change of Output
Frequency [GHz]
RF Signal: 3Vp-p swept from 100MHz to 2.4 GHz, Korea MIC Condition

11. Strong Point ESD Level
HBM : 8KV (Input Sensor)
Set : 15KV
Voltage
8KV
6KV
4KV
2KV
Analog DCC
Touch Sensor

12. Strong Point Development Tool
PC USB Interface Board Touch Board
USB I2C
Tuning Kit provides you easy and quick design environment !

13. Feature APIS mode
1 2 3 1 2 3 APIS Mode I
Output Data
4 5 6 4 5 6
Touch Interference strength
APIS mode 1 Area 7 8 9 7 8 9
0 #
* 0 #
*
* 8 0 #
Real Touch Output Touch Output by APIS I
1 2 3 1 2 3 APIS Mode II
Output Data
4 5 6 4 5 6
strength
APIS mode 2 Touch Interference
Area 7 8 9 7 8 9
Strength
Threshold
* 0 #
* 0 #
* 8 0 #
Real Touch Output Touch Output by APIS II
1 2 3 1 2 3 APIS Mode III
Output Data
4 5 6 4 5 6
strength
APIS mode 3 Touch Interference
Area 7 8 9 7 8 9
* 0 #
* 0 #
* 8 0 #
Real Touch Output Touch Output by APIS III

14. Feature Individually Adjustable Sensitivity
Sensitivity =a
Zin
Zref
Sensitivity = b
Zin
Zref

15. Feature Configurable AIC
DCC Tuning Viewer
Initial setup Sensitivity
Sensitivity =a
Zin
Zref
Sensitivity changed
by external environment
Sensitivity = b
Zin
PCB, Temp, Humidity Variation
Zref
Recovered Sensitivity by AIC
Sensitivity =a
Zin
Keep sensitivity stable
Zref
• Individual sensitivity setting by registers
• Pause/Resume AIC function by Host
• Configure AIC interval

16. Feature
LED
SIN9
SIN8
SIN7
SIN5
SIN3
SIN1
SIN6
SIN4
SIN2
SIN0
SIN11
SIN10
DIO0
REF_IN
LED DIO1
LED DIO2
DIO3
Interrupt
Interrupt DIO4
Interrupt DIO5
Interrupt DIO6
DIO1
Interrupt DIO7
GPIO DIO8
GPIO DIO9
GPIO DIO10
DIO11
DATA
CLK
I2C Supported
General purpose DIO

17. Feature Strength Output
Accelerator using touch strength output function.
Touch Output
[255:0]
GND Pad
Insulator d
Touch Input
Pressure = 1 / d

18. Patent Status
%
% Layout
%
Navigation
Algorithm Circuit
3
5 4
% 3
Set 5
%
Device

19. Road Map
11
2007 3 6 10 11
2008 2
DPD7
DPD7
Parallel Sampling, Daisy-ch, AIC 7b
Parallel Sampling, Daisy-ch, AIC 7b
SmartSensor ATA25XX
ATA25XX
Parallel Sampling, SIF, AIC 7b
ATA2501 + 8b MCU
DPI14
DPI14
Customized Parallel Sampling, I2C, AIC 14b
Parallel Sampling, I2C, AIC 14b
ATA2509
ATA2509
• OTP Memory
• Peripheral
Customized
DPS7 • n-ch
Delay, Parallel Sampling, SIF, AIC 7b
ATA2501 DMI14
DMI14
Multiplexed Sampling, I2C, AIC 14b
Multiplexed Sampling, I2C, AIC 14b
ATA25XX
ATA25XX
Customized DPI7
DPI7
Parallel Sampling, I2C, AIC 7b
Parallel Sampling, I2C, AIC 7b
ATA2508
ATA2508 Customized
• n-ch
• n-ch
Customized
• n-ch

20. Shared Partners
ELECTRONICS
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ELECTRO-MECHANICS

21. Thanks !
Make It Easy and Simple !
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