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Obscured feature detector with advanced trace properties

  • US 8,791,708 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2011
  • Issued: 07/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An obscured feature detector comprising:

  • a plurality of sensor plates, each having a capacitance that varies based on;

    (a) the proximity of the sensor plates to one or more surrounding objects, and (b) the dielectric constant(s) of the surrounding object(s);

    a sensing circuit coupled to the sensor plates by a plurality of electrically conductive traces, the sensing circuit being configured to measure the capacitances of the sensor plates; and

    wherein the electrically conductive traces have a physical trace length defined by the distance along the traces between the sensor plates and the sensing circuit, and the physical trace lengths of two or more of the electrically conductive traces are substantially the same.

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