SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- a touch panel controller operable to perform pulse-drive control on one electrodes of a touch panel and detection control of touch signals arising on the other electrodes capacitively coupling with the one electrodes;
a processor operable to perform control of the touch panel controller; and
a display driver operable to perform drive control of a display panel,wherein the processor returns to its workable state from Sleep state each time a given length of time elapses, causes the touch panel controller to perform an action of detecting a touch/no touch, andwhen the processor cannot acquire a result of judgment as “
being touched”
, the processor returns to Sleep state again, and waits for a given length of time to elapse.
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Abstract
The semiconductor device has a touch panel controller, a processor and a display driver. The semiconductor device is arranged so as to reduce an electric power uselessly consumed while the action of the display driver is stopped or suspended and further, and an electric power uselessly consumed by the touch-detecting action for recovery of the display driver from the state of the action being stopped or suspended.
The processor built in the semiconductor device together with the touch panel controller and the display driver returns to its workable state from Sleep state each time a given length of time elapses, and then causes the touch panel to perform a touch-detecting action. When the processor cannot acquire a result of judgment as “being touched”, it returns to Sleep state again, and waits for the given length of time to elapse.
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23 Claims
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a touch panel controller operable to perform pulse-drive control on one electrodes of a touch panel and detection control of touch signals arising on the other electrodes capacitively coupling with the one electrodes; a processor operable to perform control of the touch panel controller; and a display driver operable to perform drive control of a display panel, wherein the processor returns to its workable state from Sleep state each time a given length of time elapses, causes the touch panel controller to perform an action of detecting a touch/no touch, and when the processor cannot acquire a result of judgment as “
being touched”
, the processor returns to Sleep state again, and waits for a given length of time to elapse. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device comprising:
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a host processor; a touch panel having a plurality of drive electrodes, a plurality of detection electrodes, and capacitance components formed between the electrodes; a touch panel controller operable to perform pulse-drive control on the one electrodes of the touch panel and detection control of touch signals arising on the other electrodes capacitively coupling with the one electrodes; a processor connected with the host processor and operable to control the touch panel controller; a display panel; and a display driver connected with the host processor and operable to perform drive control of the display panel, wherein the processor returns to its workable state from Sleep state each time a given length of time elapses, causes the touch panel controller to perform an action of detecting a touch/no touch, and when the processor cannot acquire the result of judgment as “
being touched”
, the processor returns to Sleep state again, and waits for the given length of time to elapse. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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