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1) Which of the following is the primary segment for your touch-sensing designs?*
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 Capacitive Touch-Sensing Design Best Practices

Date: December 10, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Touch-sensing is changing the way humans interact with products such as cell phones, PCs, consumer electronics, white goods, and automotive systems. Understanding and incorporating design best practices are critical to adding elegant capacitive touch-sensing interfaces to any system. If you have been thinking about adding touch-sensing buttons, sliders, or touchpads to your next design, join us for this practical course that covers:

  • Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Layout Guidelines
  • Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) Management
  • Filtering Techniques
  • Water-Tolerant Techniques
  • Design-for-Manufacture


    Presenters:

    Dr. Mark Lee
    Principal Application Engineer
    Cypress Semiconductor

    Dr. Mark Lee works in the Consumer and Computation division at Cypress, focusing on CapSense™ Touch-Sensing applications. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. In addition to his experience at Cypress, Mark has has over 23 years experience in the fields of aviation and aerospace, medical electronics, and consumer electronics. He has been awarded 3 patents and written many technical articles on capacitive touch-sensing, including the popular “The Art of Capacitive Touch Sensing” published in Planet Analog.

    Sam Fintz
    Global Marketing Manager
    Cypress Semiconductor

    Sam Fintz is a Global Marketing Manager for Cypress's CapSense Touch-Sensing solutions, responsible for worldwide outbound marketing. His experience includes product marketing and management in embedded system design, communications hardware, and enterprise software. Sam is a native of South Florida and holds a BSEE from Duke University.

    Moderator:

    Jim Turley

    Jim Turley is an acknowledged authority on microprocessors, embedded systems, semiconductors, and IP licensing. He is the author of seven books, was Editor-in-Chief of Embedded Systems Programming and senior editor of Microprocessor Report, and is currently the publisher of Silicon Insider. He hosted the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) and Microprocessor Forum events, and is a regular speaker at industry conferences.

    Turley writes, consults, and presents seminars covering business and technology trends in the semiconductor microprocessor market for audiences around the world. He is also a well-known speaker, is frequently quoted in the press, and appears frequently on live broadcasts. Jim lives and works in the Monterey Bay area, is a competitive race car driver, and records textbooks on tape for blind engineering students. He has a talented, accomplished, and stunningly attractive wife, two overachieving children, and a loveably unique dog.


    About Cypress

    Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC® mixed-signal array, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions ranging from its WirelessUSB™ radio system-on-chip, to West Bridge™ and EZ-USB® FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.