SX8663I08AWLTRT - Semtech Corp.

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SX8663

Capacitive Button Matrix (up to 36

) and Proximity Controller

with Individual LED Drivers

and Buzzer Output

ENERAL

ESCRIPTION

The SX8663 is an ultra low power, fully integrated

12-channel solution for capacitive touch-button

matrix (up to 36 keys) and proximity applications.

Unlike many capacitive touch solutions, the SX8663

features dedicated capacitive sense inputs (that

requires no external components) in addition to 8

general purpose I/O ports (GPIO) which can be used

to drive up to 30 matrix LEDs (i.e. one per key). Each

of the on-chip GPIO/LED driver is equipped with

independent PWM source for enhanced visual effect

such as dimming, and breathing.

The SX8663 includes a capacitive 10 bit ADC analog

interface with automatic compensation up to 100pF.

The high resolution capacitive sensing supports a

wide variety of touch pad sizes and shapes and

allows capacitive buttons to be created using thick

overlay materials (up to 5mm) for an extremely

robust and ESD immune system design.

The SX8663 incorporates a versatile firmware that

was specially designed to simplify capacitive touch

solution design and offers reduced time-to-market.

Integrated multi-time programmable memory

provides the ultimate flexibility to modify key firmware

parameters (gain, threshold, scan period, auto offset

compensation) in the field without the need for new

firmware development.

The SX8663 supports the 400 kHz I²C serial bus

data protocol and includes a field programmable

slave address. The tiny 5mm x 5mm footprint makes

it an ideal solution for portable, battery powered

applications where power and density are at a

premium.

YPICAL

PPLICATION CIRCUIT

SX8663

cap2

cap3

cap4

cap5

cap6

cap8

cap7

cap9

gnd

gpio5

gpio4

gpio3

gpio2

gpio1

gpio0

cap1

cap0

vana

resetb

gnd

gpio7

vdig

gpio6

cap10

cap11

vdd

scl

intb

sda

analog sensor

interface

micro processor

RAM

ROM

NVM

I2C

GPIO controller

power management

clock

generation

PWM LED

controller

bottom plate

HOST

30 Capacitive Matrix Buttons +Proximity

30 Matrix LEDs

cap4

cap10

cap8

cap9

cap0

cap7

cap6

cap5

cap3

cap1

cap2

buzzer

proximity

RODUCT

EATURES

 Complete Capacitive Touch-Button Solution

o Up to 36 Matrix Buttons

o Up to 36 LEDs Control for individual Visual Feedback

with Auto Lightening

o Configurable Single or Continuous Fading Mode

o 256 steps PWM Linear and Logarithmic control

 Proximity Sensing up to several centimeters

 High Resolution Capacitive Sensing

o Up to 100pF of Offset Cap. Compensation at Full

Sensitivity

o Capable of Sensing up thru 5mm thick Overlay Materials

 Support of buzzer for audible feedback

 User-selectable Button Reporting Configuration

 Extremely Low Power

o 8uA (typ) in Sleep Mode

o 100uA (typ) in Doze Mode (195ms)

o 460uA (typ) in Active Mode (30ms)

 Programmable Scanning Period from 15ms to several seconds

 Auto Offset Compensation

o Eliminates false triggers due to environmental factors

(temperature, humidity)

o Initiated on power-up and configurable intervals

 Multi-Time In-Field Programmable Firmware Parameters

for Ultimate Flexibility

o On-chip user programmable memory for fast, self

contained start-up

 No External Components per Sensor Input

 Internal Clock Requires No External Components

 Differential Sensor Sampling for Reduced EMI

 Optional 400 KHz I²C Interface with Programmable Address

 -40°C to +85°C Operation

PPLICATIONS

 Home Automation

 White Goods

 Printers

 Notebook/Netbook/Portable/Handheld computers

 Consumer Products, Instrumentation, Automotive

 Mechanical Button Replacement

RDERING

NFORMATION

Part Number Temperature

Range Package

SX8663I08AWLTRT

-40°C to +85°C

Lead Free MLPQ

-W32

3000 Units/reel

* This device is RoHS/WEEE compliant and Halogen Free

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and Buzzer Output

Table of Contents

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ESCRIPTION

........................................................................................................................1

YPICAL

PPLICATION CIRCUIT

............................................................................................................1

RODUCT

EATURES

.....................................................................................................................1

PPLICATIONS

.......................................................................................................................................1

RDERING

NFORMATION

......................................................................................................................1

ENERAL

ESCRIPTION

...............................................................................................................4

1.1

Pin Diagram 4

1.2

Marking information 4

1.3

Pin Description 5

1.4

Simplified Block Diagram 6

1.5

Acronyms 6

LECTRICAL

HARACTERISTICS

.................................................................................................7

2.1

Absolute Maximum Ratings 7

2.2

Recommended Operating Conditions 7

2.3

Thermal Characteristics 7

2.4

Electrical Specifications 8

UNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

........................................................................................................10

3.1

Introduction 10

3.1.1

General 10

3.1.2

Parameters 10

3.1.3

Configuration 10

3.2

Scan Period 10

3.3

Operation modes 11

3.4

Sensors on the PCB 12

3.4.1

Matrix Keys/Buttons (MK) 12

3.4.2

Priority Key/Button (PK) 12

3.4.3

Proximity Sensor (PS) 13

3.4.4

Schematics Requirements 13

3.5

Button Information (MK and PK) 15

3.6

Analog Sensing Interface 15

3.7

Offset Compensation 17

3.8

Processing 18

3.9

Configuration 18

3.10

Power Management 20

3.11

Clock Circuitry 20

3.12

I2C interface 20

3.13

Interrupt 21

3.13.1

Power up 21

3.13.2

Assertion 21

3.13.3

Clearing 21

3.13.4

Example 22

3.14

Reset 22

3.14.1

Power up 22

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3.14.2

RESETB 23

3.14.3

Software Reset 23

3.15

General Purpose Input and Outputs 24

3.15.1

GPO 24

3.15.2

Fading Modes 26

3.15.3

Intensity index vs PWM pulse width 27

3.15.4

Tri-State Multiplexing (TSM) 28

IN DESCRIPTIONS

.....................................................................................................................30

4.1

Introduction 30

4.2

ASI pins 30

4.3

Host interface pins 31

4.4

Power management pins 34

4.5

General purpose IO pins 35

ETAILED

ONFIGURATION DESCRIPTIONS

..............................................................................36

5.1

Introduction 36

5.2

General Parameters 39

5.3

Capacitive Sensors Parameters 40

5.4

Buttons (MK and PK) Parameters 42

5.5

Proximity (PS) Parameters 45

5.6

Buzzer Parameters 47

5.7

GPIO Parameters 48

I2C

NTERFACE

...........................................................................................................................51

6.1

I2C Write 51

6.2

I2C read 52

6.3

I2C Registers Overview 53

6.4

Status Registers 54

6.5

Control Registers 56

6.6

SPM Gateway Registers 57

6.6.1

SPM Write Sequence 58

6.6.2

SPM Read Sequence 59

6.7

NVM burn 60

PPLICATION

NFORMATION

......................................................................................................61

EFERENCES

.............................................................................................................................62

ACKAGING

NFORMATION

........................................................................................................63

9.1

Package Outline Drawing 63

9.2

Land Pattern 63

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ESCRIPTION

1.1 Pin Diagram

SX8663

Top View

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

2526272829303132

bottom ground pad

cap2

cap3

cap4

cap5

cap6

cap8

cap7

cap9

gnd

gpio5

gpio4

gpio3

gpio2

gpio1

gnd

gpio0

cap1

cap0

vana

resetb

gnd

gpio7

vdig

gpio6

cap10

cap11

vdd

scl

intb

sda

Figure 1

Pinout Diagram

1.2 Marking information

BRX08

yyww

xxxxxx

R08

yyww = Date Code

xxxxxx = Semtech lot number

R08 = Semtech Code

Figure 2

Marking Information

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1.3 Pin Description

Number Name Type Description

1 CAP2 Analog Capacitive Sensor 2

2 CAP3 Analog Capacitive Sensor 3

3 CAP4 Analog Capacitive Sensor 4

4 CAP5 Analog Capacitive Sensor 5

5 CAP6 Analog Capacitive Sensor 6

6 CAP7 Analog Capacitive Sensor 7

7 CAP8 Analog Capacitive Sensor 8

8 CAP9 Analog Capacitive Sensor 9

9 CAP10 Analog Capacitive Sensor 10

10 CAP11 Analog Capacitive Sensor 11

11 CN Analog Integration Capacitor, negative terminal (1nF between CN and CP)

12 CP Analog Integration Capacitor, positive terminal (1nF between CN and CP)

13 VDD Power Main input power supply

14 INTB Digital Output Interrupt, active LOW, requires pull up resistor (on host or external)

15 SCL Digital Input I2C Clock, requires pull up resistor (on host or external)

16 SDA Digital Input/Output I2C Data, requires pull up resistor (on host or external)

17 GPIO0 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 0

18 GPIO1 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 1

19 GND Ground Ground

20 GPIO2 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 2

21 GPIO3 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 3

22 GPIO4 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 4

23 GPIO5 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 5

24 GND Ground Ground

25 GPIO6 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 6

26 GPIO7 Digital Input/Output General Purpose Input/Output 7

27 VDIG Analog Digital Core Decoupling, connect to a 100nF decoupling capacitor

28 GND Ground Ground

29 RESETB Digital Input Active Low Reset. Connect to VDD if not used.

30 VANA Analog Analog Core Decoupling, connect to a 100nF decoupling capacitor

31 CAP0 Analog Capacitive Sensor 0

32 CAP1 Analog Capacitive Sensor 1

Bottom Plate

GND Ground Exposed pad connect to ground

Table 1

Pin description

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1.4 Simplified Block Diagram

The simplified block diagram of the SX8663 is illustrated in Figure 3.

SX8663

cap2

cap3

cap4

cap5

cap6

cap8

cap7

cap9

gnd

gpio5

gpio4

gpio3

gpio2

gpio1

gnd

gpio0

cap1

cap0

vana

resetb

gnd

gpio7

vdig

gpio6

cap10

cap11

vdd

scl

intb

sda

analog

sensor

interface

micro

processor

RAM

ROM I2C

GPIO

controller

power management

clock

generation

PWM

LED

controller

bottom plate

NVM

Figure 3

Simplified block diagram of the SX8663

1.5 Acronyms

ASI Analog Sensor Interface

DCV Digital Compensation Value

GPO General Purpose Output

GPP General Purpose PWM

MTP Multiple Time Programmable

NVM Non Volatile Memory

PWM Pulse Width Modulation

QSM Quick Start Memory

SPM Shadow Parameter Memory

SPO Special Purpose Output

MK Matrix Key

PK Priority Key

PS Proximity Sensor

TSM Tri-State Multiplexing

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LECTRICAL

HARACTERISTICS

2.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings

Stresses above the values listed in “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device.

This is a stress rating only and functional operation of the device at these, or any other conditions beyond the “Recommended

Operating Conditions”, is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device

reliability

Parameter Symbol Min. Max. Unit

Supply Voltage VDD -0.5 3.9 V

Input voltage (non-supply pins) V

-0.5 3.9 V

Input current (non-supply pins) I

10 mA

Operating Junction Temperature T

JCT

125 °C

Reflow temperature T

260 °C

Storage temperature T

STOR

-50 150 °C

ESD HBM (Human Body model)

(i)

ESD

HBM

3 kV

Latchup

(ii)

± 100 mA

Table 2

Absolute Maximum Ratings

(i) Tested to JEDEC standard JESD22-A114

(ii) Tested to JEDEC standard JESD78

2.2 Recommended Operating Conditions

Parameter Symbol Min. Max. Unit

Supply Voltage VDD 2.7 3.6 V

Supply Voltage Drop

(iii, iv, v)

VDD

drop

100 mV

Supply Voltage for NVM programming VDD 3.0 3.6 V

Ambient Temperature Range T

-40 85 °C

Table 3

Recommended Operating Conditions

(iii) Performance for 2.6V < VDD < 2.7V might be degraded.

(iv) Operation is not guaranteed below 2.6V. Should VDD briefly drop below this minimum value, then the SX8663 may

require;

- a hardware reset issued by the host using the RESETB pin

- a software reset issued by the host using the I2C interface

(v) In the event the host processor is reset or undergoes a power OFF/ON cycle, it is recommended that the host also resets

the SX8663 and assures that parameters are re-written into the SPM (should these differ to the parameters held in NVM).

2.3 Thermal Characteristics

Parameter Symbol Min. Max. Unit

Thermal Resistance - Junction to Ambient

(vi)

25 °C/W

Table 4

Thermal Characteristics

(

vi) Static airflow

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2.4 Electrical Specifications

All values are valid within the operating conditions unless otherwise specified.

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit

Current consumption

Active mode, average I

OP,active

30ms scan period,

12 sensors enabled,

minimum sensitivity 460 uA

Doze mode, average I

OP,Doze

195ms scan period,

12 sensors enabled,

minimum sensitivity 100 uA

Sleep I

OP,sleep

I2C listening, sensors

disabled 8 17 uA

ResetB, SCL, SDA

Input logic high V

0.7*VDD VDD + 0.3 V

Input logic low V

VSS applied to GND pins VSS - 0.3 0.8 V

Input leakage current L

CMOS input ±1 uA

Pull up resistor R

when enabled 660 kΩ

Pull down resistor R

when enabled 660 kΩ

GPIO set as Output, INTB, SDA

Output logic high V

<4mA VDD-0.4 V

Output logic low V

OL,GPIO

<12mA

OL,SDA,INTB

<4mA

0.4 V

Start-up

Power up time t

por

time between rising edge

VDD and rising INTB 400 ms

RESETB

ResetB pulse width t

res

50 ns

Recommended External components

capacitor between VDIG, GND C

vdig

type 0402, tolerance +/-50% 100 nF

capacitor between VANA, GND C

vana

type 0402, tolerance +/-50% 100 nF

capacitor between CP, CN C

int

type 0402, COG, tolerance +/-5% 1 nF

capacitor between VDD, GND C

vdd

type 0402, tolerance +/-50% 100 nF

Table 5

Electrical Specifications

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Parameter Symbol Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit

I2C Timing Specifications (i)

SCL clock frequency f

SCL

400 KHz

SCL low period t

LOW

1.3 us

SCL high period t

HIGH

0.6 us

Data setup time t

SU;DAT

100 ns

Data hold time t

HD;DAT

0 ns

Repeated start setup time t

SU;STA

0.6 us

Start condition hold time t

HD;STA

0.6 us

Stop condition setup time t

SU;STO

0.6 us

Bus free time between stop and start t

BUF

500 us

Input glitch suppression t

50 ns

Table 6

I2C Timing Specification

Notes:

(i) All timing specifications, Figure 4 and Figure 5, refer to voltage levels (V

, V

) defined in Table 5.

The interface complies with slave F/S mode as described by NXP: “I2C-bus specification, Rev. 03 - 19 June 2007”

Figure 4

I2C Start and Stop timing

Figure 5

I2C Data timing

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UNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 General

The SX8663 is intended to be used in applications which require capacitive sensors covered by isolating overlay

material. A finger approaching the capacitive sensors will change the charge that can be loaded on the sensors.

The SX8663 measures the change of charge and converts that into digital values (ticks). The larger the charge on

the sensors, the larger the number of ticks will be. The charge to ticks conversion is done by the SX8663 Analog

Sensor Interface (ASI).

The ticks are further processed by the SX8663 and converted in a high level, easy to use information for the

user’s host.

The information between SX8663 and the host is passed through the I2C interface with an additional interrupt

signal indicating that the SX8663 has new information. For buttons this information is simply touched or released.

User feedback, done through the SX8663’s GPIOs, can be visual via LEDs and/or audio via a buzzer.

3.1.2 Parameters

The SX8663 has many low level built-in, fixed algorithms and procedures. To allow a lot of freedom for the user

and adapt the SX8663 for different applications these algorithms and procedures can be configured with a large

set of parameters which will be described in the following sections.

Sensitivity and detection thresholds of the sensors are part of these parameters. Assuming that overlay material

and sensors areas are identical then the sensitivities and thresholds will be the same for each sensor. In case

sensors are not of the same size then sensitivities or thresholds might be chosen individually per sensor.

So a smaller size sensor can have a larger sensitivity while a big size sensor may have the lower sensitivity.

3.1.3 Configuration

During a development phase the parameters can be determined and fine tuned by the users and downloaded

over the I2C in a dynamic way. The parameter set can be downloaded over the I2C by the host each time the

SX8663 boots up. This allows a flexible way of setting the parameters at the expense of I2C occupation.

In case the parameters are frozen they can be programmed in Multiple Time Programmable (MTP) Non Volatile

Memory (NVM) on the SX8663. The programming needs to be done once (over the I2C). The SX8663 will then

boot up from the NVM and additional parameters from the host are not required anymore.

In case the host desires to overwrite the boot-up NVM parameters (partly or even complete) this can be done by

additional I2C communications.

3.2 Scan Period

The basic operation Scan period of the SX8663 sensing interface can be split into three periods over time.

In the first period (Sensing) the SX8663 is sensing all enabled CAP inputs, from CAP0 towards CAP11.

In the second period (Processing) the SX8663 processes the sensor data, verifies and updates the GPIO and the

I2C.

In the third period (Timer) the SX8663 is set in a low power mode and waits until a new cycle starts.

Figure 6 shows the different SX8663 periods over time.

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Figure 6

Scan Period

The scan period determines the minimum reaction time of the SX8663. The scan period can be configured by the

host from 15ms to values larger than a second.

The reaction time is defined as the interval between a touch on the sensor and the moment that the SX8663

generates the interrupt on the INTB pin. The shorter the scan period the faster the reaction time will be.

Very low power consumptions can be obtained by setting very long scan periods with the expense of having

longer reaction times.

All external events like GPIO, I2C and the interrupt are updated in the processing period, so once every scan

period.

3.3 Operation modes

The SX8663 has 3 operation modes. The main difference is found in the reaction time (corresponding to the scan

period) and power consumption.

Active mode offers fast scan periods. The typical reaction time is 30ms. All enabled sensors are scanned and

information data is processed within this interval.

Doze mode increases the scan period time which increases the reaction time to 195ms typical and at the same

time reduces the operating current.

Sleep mode turns the SX8663 OFF, except for the I2C peripheral, minimizing operating current while maintaining

the power supplies. In Sleep mode the SX8663 does not do any sensor scanning. The Sleep mode will be exited

by any I2C access.

The user can specify other scan periods for the Active and Doze mode and decide for other compromises

between reaction time and power consumption.

In most applications the reaction time needs to be fast when fingers are present, but can be slow when no person

uses the application. In case the SX8663 is not used for a specific time it will go from Active mode into Doze

mode and power will be saved. This time-out is determined by the Passive Timer which can be configured by the

user or turned OFF if not required.

To leave Doze mode and enter Active mode this can be done by a simple touch on any button.

The host can decide to force the operating mode by issuing commands over the I2C (using register

CompOpMode) and take fully control of the SX8663. The diagram in Figure 7 shows the available operation

modes and the possible transitions.

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Figure 7

Operation modes

3.4 Sensors on the PCB

3.4.1 Matrix Keys/Buttons (MK)

In opposition to most of the other Semtech capacitive sensing products where 1 button = 1 sensor

(CAP0…CAP11)., the SX8663 requires sensors to be routed in matrix and each button is formed by the

intersection/concatenation of two sensors areas. The buttons are covered by isolating overlay material (typically

1mm...3mm). The area of a button is typically one square centimetre which corresponds about to the area of a

finger touching the overlay material.

Figure 8

Matrix Buttons Layout/Connections (Red = Top; Brown = Inner1; Blue = Inner2)

IMPORTANT: Please note that while the matrix structure allows increasing dramatically the potential maximum

number of buttons (up to 36 with only 12 sensors) it also limits the operation to max one matrix button reported at

a time (ie single button touch operation). When several matrix buttons are touched only the first one is reported.

3.4.2 Priority Key/Button (PK)

When the priority key is enabled in BtnCfg[6], CAP11 (or CAP10 if PS=ON) can be routed outside the matrix to a

separate standard button sensor. Matrix size is then reduced to 6x5 keys (or 5x5 if PS is ON). Priority key

operation/reporting is independent from the matrix and can be used for any “high priority” key (Power, Reset, etc)

or “multi-touch” function (Shift, Alt, etc).

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3.4.3 Proximity Sensor (PS)

When the proximity sensor is enable in ProxCfg[7], CAP11 can be routed to a separate proximity sensor which is

usually surrounding all buttons as illustrated in figure below.

Figure 9

Proximity Sensor Surrounding MK and PK (left) Buttons

3.4.4 Schematics Requirements

For each PK/PS combination, a specific schematic must be followed on the board as illustrated in figure below.

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CAP0

CAP10

CAP4

CAP5

CAP8

CAP11

PK = OFF ; PS = OFF

CAP3

CAP2

CAP1

CAP6

CAP9

CAP7

1MK

2MK

5MK

10 MK

17 MK

4MK

3MK

6MK

11 MK

18 MK

8MK

7MK

12 MK

19 MK

16 MK

15 MK

14 MK

13 MK

20 MK

25 MK

24 MK

23 MK

22 MK

21 MK

36 MK

35 MK

34 MK

33 MK

32 MK

CAP0

CAP10

CAP4

CAP5

CAP8

PK = ON (CAP11) ; PS = OFF

CAP3

CAP2

CAP1

CAP6

CAP9

CAP7

1MK

2MK

5MK

10 MK

17 MK

4MK

3MK

6MK

11 MK

18 MK

8MK

7MK

12 MK

19 MK

16 MK

15 MK

14 MK

13 MK

20 MK

25 MK

24 MK

23 MK

22 MK

21 MK

CAP0

CAP10

CAP4

CAP5

CAP8

PK = OFF ; PS = ON (CAP11)

CAP3

CAP2

CAP1

CAP6

CAP9

CAP7

1MK

2MK

5MK

10 MK

17 MK

4MK

3MK

6MK

11 MK

18 MK

8MK

7MK

12 MK

19 MK

16 MK

15 MK

14 MK

13 MK

20 MK

25 MK

24 MK

23 MK

22 MK

21 MK

CAP0

CAP4

CAP5

CAP8

PK = ON (CAP10) ; PS = ON (CAP11)

CAP3

CAP2

CAP1

CAP6

CAP9

CAP7

1MK

2MK

5MK

10 MK

4MK

3MK

6MK

11 MK

8MK

7MK

12 MK

16 MK

15 MK

14 MK

13 MK

25 MK

24 MK

23 MK

22 MK

Figure 10

Sensors Schematics Requirements vs Configuration

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3.5 Button Information (MK and PK)

The touch buttons have two simple states (see Figure 11): ON (touched by finger) and OFF (released and no

finger press).

Figure 11

Buttons

A finger touch is reported as soon as the ASI ticks of both sensors forming the button exceed their user-defined

threshold plus a hysteresis.

A finger release is reported as soon as the ASI ticks of at least one of the sensors forming the button goes below

its user-defined threshold minus a hysteresis.

The hysteresis around the threshold avoids rapid touch and release signalling during transients.

IMPORTANT: Please note that while the matrix structure allows increasing dramatically the potential maximum

number of buttons (up to 36 with only 12 sensors) it also limits the operation to max one matrix button reported at

a time (ie single button touch operation). When two matrix buttons are touched only the first one is reported.

Note that the principle of proximity sensing (PS) operation is exactly the same as for touch buttons except that

proximity sensing is done several centimeters above the overlay through the air. ON state means that finger/hand

is detected by the sensor and OFF state means the finger/hand is far from the sensor and not detected.

3.6 Analog Sensing Interface

The Analog Sensing Interface (ASI) converts the charge on the sensors into ticks which will be further digitally

processed. The basic principle of the ASI will be explained in this section.

The ASI consists of a multiplexer selecting the sensor, analog switches, a reference voltage, an ADC sigma delta

converter, an offset compensation DAC and an external integration capacitor (see Figure 12).

Figure 12

Analog Sensor Interface

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To get the ticks representing the charge on a specific sensor the ASI will execute several steps.

The charge on a sensor cap (e.g CAP0) will be accumulated multiple times on the external integration capacitor,

Cint.

This results in an increasing voltage on Cint proportional to the capacitance on CAP0.

At this stage the offset compensation DAC is enabled. The compensation DAC generates a voltage proportional

to an estimation of the external capacitance. The estimation is obtained by the offset compensation procedure

executed e.g. at power-up.

The difference between the DAC output and the charge on Cint is the desired signal. In the ideal case the

difference of charge will be converted to zero ticks if no finger is present and the number of ticks becomes high in

case a finger is present.

The difference of charge on Cint and the DAC output will be transferred to the ADC (Sigma Delta Integrator).

After the charge transfer to the ADC the steps above will be repeated.

The larger the number the cycles are repeated the larger the signal out of the ADC with improved SNR. The

sensitivity is therefore directly related to the number of cycles.

The SX8663 allows setting the sensitivity for each sensor individually in applications which have a variety of

sensors sizes or different overlays or for fine-tuning performances. The optimal sensitivity is depending heavily on

the final application. If the sensitivity is too low the ticks will not pass the thresholds and user detection will not be

possible. In case the sensitivity is set too large, some power will be wasted and false touch information may be

output (i.e. for touch buttons => finger not touching yet).

Once the ASI has finished the first sensor, the ticks are stored and the ASI will start measuring the next sensor

until all (enabled) sensors pins have been treated.

In case some sensors are disabled then these result in lower power consumption simply because the ASI is active

for a shorter period and the following processing period will be shorter.

The ticks from the ASI will then be handled by the digital processing.

The ASI will shut down and wait until new sensing period will start.

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3.7 Offset Compensation

The capacitance at the CAP pins is determined by an intrinsic capacitance of the integrated circuit, the PCB

traces, ground coupling and the sensor planes. This capacitance is relatively large and might become easily some

tens of pF. This parasitic capacitance will vary only slowly over time due to environmental changes.

A finger touch is in the order of one pF. If the finger approaches the sensor this occurs typically fast.

The ASI has the difficult task to detect and distinguish a small, fast changing capacitance, from a large, slow

varying capacitance. This would require a very precise, high resolution ADC and complicated, power consuming,

digital processing.

The SX8663 features a 16 bit DAC which compensates for the large, slow varying capacitance already in front of

the ADC. In other words the ADC converts only the desired small signal. In the ideal world the ADC will put out

zero ticks even if the external capacitance is as high as 100pF.

At each power-up of the SX8663 the Digital Compensation Values (DCV) are estimated by the digital processing

algorithms. The algorithm will adjust the compensation values such that zero ticks will be generated by the ADC.

Once the correct compensation values are found these will be stored and used to compensate each CAP pin.

If the SX8663 is shut down the compensation values will be lost. At a next power-up the procedure starts all over

again. This assures that the SX8663 will operate under any condition. Powering up at e.g. different temperatures

will not change the performance of the SX8663 and the host does not have to do anything special.

The DCVs do not need to be updated if the external conditions remain stable.

However if e.g. temperature changes this will influence the external capacitance. The ADC ticks will drift then

slowly around zero values basically because of the mismatch of the compensation circuitry and the external

capacitance.

In case the average value of the ticks become higher than the positive noise threshold (configurable by user) or

lower than the negative threshold (configurable by user) then the SX8663 will initiate a compensation procedure

and find a new set of DCVs.

Compensation procedures can as well be initiated by the SX8663 on periodic intervals. Even if the ticks remain

within the positive and negative noise thresholds the compensation procedure will then estimate new sets of

DCVs.

Finally the host can initiate a compensation procedure by using the I2C interface. This is e.g. required after the

host changed the sensitivity of sensors.

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3.8 Processing

The first processing step of the raw ticks, coming out of the ASI, is low pass filtering to obtain an estimation of the

average capacitance: tick-ave (see Figure 13).

This slowly varying average is important in the detection of slowly changing environmental changes.

ticks (raw)

compensation DCV

ASI processing

low pass

tick-diff

tick-ave

processing

GPIO

controller

PWM LED

controller

I2C

SPM

Figure 13

Processing

The difference of the tick average and the raw ticks, tick-diff, is a good estimation of rapid changing input

capacitances.

The tick-diff, tick-ave and the configuration parameters in the SPM are then processed and determines the sensor

information, I2C registers status and PWM control.

3.9 Configuration

Figure 14 shows the building blocks used for configuring the SX8663.

Figure 14

Configuration

The default configuration parameters of the SX8663 are stored in the Quick Start Memory (QSM). This

configuration data is setup to a very common application for the SX8663 with 8 buttons. Without any programming

or host interaction the SX8663 will start up in the Quick Start Application.

The QSM settings are fixed and cannot be changed by the user.

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In case the application needs different settings than the QSM settings then the SX8663 can be setup and/or

programmed over the I2C interface.

The configuration parameters of the SX8663 can be stored in the Multiple Time Programmable (MTP) Non

Volatile Memory (NVM). The NVM contains all those parameters that are defined and stable for the application.

Examples are the number of sensors enabled, sensitivity, active and Doze scan period. The details of these

parameters are described in the next chapters.

At power up the SX8663 checks if the NVM contains valid data. In that case the configuration parameter source

becomes the NVM. If the NVM is empty or non-valid then the configuration source becomes the QSM. In the next

step the SX8663 copies the configuration parameter source into the Shadow Parameter Memory (SPM). The

SX8663 is operational and uses the configuration parameters of the SPM.

During power down or reset event the SPM loses all content. It will automatically be reloaded following power up

or at the end of the reset event.

The host will interface with the SX8663 through the I2C bus and the analog output interface.

The I2C of the SX8663 consists of 16 registers. Some of these I2C registers are used to read the status and

information of the buttons. Other I2C registers allow the host to take control of the SX8663. The host can e.g.

decide to change the operation mode from active mode to Doze mode or go into sleep (according Figure 7).

Two additional modes allow the host to have an access to the SPM or indirect access to the NVM.

These modes are required during development, can be used in real time or in-field programming.

Figure 15 shows the Host SPM mode. In this mode the host can decide to overwrite the SPM. This is useful

during the development phases of the application where the configuration parameters are not yet fully defined and

as well during the operation of the application if some parameters need small deviations from the QSM or NVM

content.

Figure 15

Host SPM mode

The content of the SPM remains valid as long as the SX8663 is powered. After a power down the host needs to

re-write the SPM at the next power-up.

Figure 16 shows the Host NVM mode. In this mode the host will be able to write the NVM.

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Figure 16

Host NVM mode

The writing of the host towards the NVM is not done directly but done in 2 steps (Figure 16).

In the first step the host writes to the SPM (as in Figure 15). In the second step the host signals the SX8663 to

copy the SPM content into the NVM.

Initially the NVM memory is empty and it is required to determine a valid parameter set for the application. This

can be done during the development phase using dedicated evaluation hardware representing the final

application. This development phase uses probably initially the host SPM mode which allows faster iterations.

Once the parameter set is determined this can be written to the NVM over the I2C using the 2 steps approach by

the host or a dedicated programmer for large volumes production (as described in the paragraphs 6.6 and 6.7).

3.10 Power Management

The SX8663 uses on-chip voltage regulators which are controlled by the on-chip microprocessor. The regulators

need to be stabilized with an external capacitor between VANA and ground and between VDIG and ground (see

Table 5). Both regulators are designed to only drive the SX8663 internal circuitry and must not be loaded

externally.

3.11 Clock Circuitry

The SX8663 has its own internal clock generation circuitry that does not require any external components. The

clock circuitry is optimized for low power operation and is controlled by the on-chip microprocessor. The typical

operating frequency of the oscillating core is 16.7MHz from which all other lower frequencies are derived.

3.12 I2C interface

The I2C interface allows the communication between the host and the SX8663.

The I2C slave implemented on the SX8663 is compliant with the standard (100kb/s) and fast mode (400kb/s)

The default SX8663 I2C address equals 0b010 1011.

A different I2C address can be programmed by the user in the NVM.

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3.13 Interrupt

3.13.1 Power up

During power up the INTB is kept low. Once the power up sequence is terminated the INTB is cleared

autonomously. The SX8663 is then ready for operation.

Figure 17

Power Up vs. INTB

During the power on period the SX8663 stabilizes the internal regulators, RC clocks and the firmware initializes all

registers.

During the power up the SX8663 is not accessible and I2C communications are forbidden. The GPIOs set as

inputs with a pull up resistor.

As soon as the INTB rises the SX8663 will be ready for I2C communication. The GPIOs are then configured

according the parameters in the SPM.

The value of INTB before power up depends on the INTB pull up resistor supply voltage.

3.13.2 Assertion

INTB is updated in Active or Doze mode once every scan period.

The INTB will be asserted at the following events:

• if a Button event occurred (touch or release if enabled). I2C register CapStatKeys show the detailed status of

the Buttons,

• when actually entering Active or Doze mode via a host request (may be delayed by 1 scan period). I2C

• once compensation procedure is completed either through automatic trigger or via host request (may be

delayed by 1 scan period),

• once SPM write is effective (may be delayed by 1 scan period),

• once NVM burn procedure is completed (may be delayed by 1 scan period),

• during reset (power up, hardware RESETB, software reset).

3.13.3 Clearing

The clearing of the INTB is done as soon as the host performs a read to any of the SX8663 I2C registers.

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3.13.4 Example

A typical example of the assertion and clearing of the INTB and the I2C communication is shown in Figure 18.

Figure 18

Interrupt and I2C

When a button is touched the SX8663 will assert the interrupt (1). The host will read the SX8663 status

information over the I2C (2) and this clears the interrupt.

If the finger releases the button the interrupt will be asserted (3), the host reads the status (4) which clears the

interrupt.

In case the host will not react to an interrupt then this will result in a missing touch.

3.14 Reset

The reset can be performed by 3 sources:

- power up,

- RESETB pin,

- software reset.

3.14.1 Power up

During power up the INTB is kept low. Once the power up sequence is terminated the INTB is released

autonomously. The SX8663 is then ready for operation.

Figure 19

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During the power on period the SX8663 stabilizes the internal regulators, RC clocks and the firmware initializes all

registers.

During the power up the SX8663 is not accessible and I2C communications are forbidden.

As soon as the INTB rises the SX8663 will be ready for I2C communication.

3.14.2 RESETB

When RESETB is driven low the SX8663 will reset and start the power up sequence as soon as RESETB is

driven high or pulled high.

In case the user does not require a hardware reset control pin then the RESETB pin can be connected to VDD.

Figure 20

Hardware Reset

3.14.3 Software Reset

To perform a software reset the host needs to write 0xDE followed by 0x00 at the SoftReset register at address

0xB1.

Figure 21

Software Reset

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3.15 General Purpose Input and Outputs

The SX8663 offers eight General Purpose Input and Outputs (GPIO) pins which can be configured in any of these

modes:

- GPO (General Purpose Output) with Autoligth ON/OFF

- SPO (Special Purpose Output). GPIO7 only; in this mode the GPIO can be connected to an external buzzer.

The input state of the GPIO is only used during the initial phase of the power up period.

Each of these GPIO modes is described in more details in the following sections.

The polarity of the GPO pins is defined as in figure below, driving an LED as example. It has to be set accordingly

in SPM parameter GpioPolarity.

Figure 22

polarity = 1/Normal (a), polarity = 0/Inverted (b)

The PWM blocks used GPO modes are 8-bits based and clocked at 2MHz typ. hence offering 256 selectable

pulse width values with a granularity of 0.5us typ.

Figure 23

PWM definition, (a) small pulse width, (b) large pulse width

3.15.1 GPO

GPIOs configured as GPO will operate as digital outputs which can generate both standard low/high logic levels

and PWM low/high duty cycles levels. Typical application is LED ON/OFF control.

Transitions between ON and OFF states can be triggered either automatically (Autolight ON) or manually by the

host (Autolight OFF). This is illustrated in figures below.

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Figure 24

LED Control in GPO mode, Autolight OFF

Figure 25

LED Control in GPO mode, Autolight ON

Additionally these transitions can be configured to be done with or without fading following a logarithmic or linear

function. This is illustrated in figures below.

Figure 26

GPO ON transition (LED fade in), normal polarity, (a) linear, (b) logarithmic

Figure 27

GPO ON transition (LED fade in), inverted polarity, (a) linear, (b) logarithmic

The fading out (e.g. after a button is released) is identical to the fading in but an additional off delay can be added

before the fading starts (Figure 28 and Figure 29).

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Figure 28

GPO OFF transition (LED fade out), normal polarity, (a) linear, (b) logarithmic

Figure 29

GPO OFF transition (LED fade out), inverted polarity, (a) linear, (b) logarithmic

Please note that standard high/low logic signals are just a specific case of GPO mode and can also be generated

simply by setting inc/dec time to 0 (i.e. OFF) and programming intensity OFF/ON to 0x00 and 0xFF.

3.15.2 Fading Modes

The SX8663 supports two different fading modes, namely Single and Continuous. These fading modes can be

configured for each GPIO individually. Please see 5.7 “GPIO Parameters” for more information on how to

configure this feature.

i) Single Fading Mode:

The GPO pin fades in when the associated button is touched and it fades out when it is released. This is shown in

Figure 30

fading-in

OFF intensity

ON intensity

delay_off fading-out

OFF intensity

OFF

Figure 30

Single Fading Mode

ii) Continuous Fading Mode:

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The GPO pin fades in and fades out continuously when the associated button is touched. The fading in and out

stops when the button is released. This is shown in Figure 31.

fading-in

OFF intensity

ON intensity

fading-out

OFF intensity

OFF

Figure 31

Continuous Fading Mode

3.15.3 Intensity index vs PWM pulse width

Tables below are used to convert all intensity indexes parameters GpioIntensityOff, GpioIntensityOn and

GppIntensity but also to generate fading in GPO mode

During fading in(out), the index is automatically incremented(decremented) at every Inc(Dec)Time x

Inc(Dec)Factor until it reaches the programmed GpioIntensityOn(Off) value.

Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log

0 0/0 32 33/5 64 65/12 96 97/26 128 129/48 160 161/81 192 193/125 224 225/184

1 2/0 33 34/5 65 66/13 97 98/27 129 130/49 161 162/82 193 194/127 225 226/186

2 3/0 34 35/5 66 67/13 98 99/27 130 131/50 162 163/83 194 195/129 226 227/188

3 4/0 35 36/5 67 68/13 99 100/28 131 132/51 163 164/84 195 196/130 227 228/190

4 5/0 36 37/5 68 69/14 100 101/29 132 133/52 164 165/86 196 197/132 228 229/192

5 6/2 37 38/6 69 70/14 101 102/29 133 134/53 165 166/87 197 198/133 229 230/194

6 7/2 38 39/6 70 71/14 102 103/30 134 135/54 166 167/88 198 199/135 230 231/197

7 8/2 39 40/6 71 72/15 103 104/30 135 136/55 167 168/89 199 200/137 231 232/199

8 9/2 40 41/6 72 73/15 104 105/31 136 137/55 168 169/91 200 201/139 232 233/201

9 10/2 41 42/6 73 74/15 105 106/32 137 138/56 169 170/92 201 202/140 233 234/203

10 11/2 42 43/7 74 75/16 106 107/32 138 139/57 170 171/93 202 203/142 234 235/205

11 12/2 43 44/7 75 76/16 107 108/33 139 140/58 171 172/95 203 204/144 235 236/208

12 13/2 44 45/7 76 77/16 108 109/33 140 141/59 172 173/96 204 205/146 236 237/210

13 14/2 45 46/7 77 78/17 109 110/34 141 142/60 173 174/97 205 206/147 237 238/212

14 15/3 46 47/7 78 79/17 110 111/35 142 143/61 174 175/99 206 207/149 238 239/215

15 16/3 47 48/8 79 80/18 111 112/35 143 144/62 175 176/100 207 208/151 239 240/217

16 17/3 48 49/8 80 81/18 112 113/36 144 145/63 176 177/101 208 209/153 240 241/219

17 18/3 49 50/8 81 82/19 113 114/37 145 146/64 177 178/103 209 210/155 241 242/221

18 19/3 50 51/8 82 83/19 114 115/38 146 147/65 178 179/104 210 211/156 242 243/224

19 20/3 51 52/9 83 84/20 115 116/38 147 148/66 179 180/106 211 212/158 243 244/226

20 21/3 52 53/9 84 85/20 116 117/39 148 149/67 180 181/107 212 213/160 244 245/229

21 22/3 53 54/9 85 86/21 117 118/40 149 150/68 181 182/109 213 214/162 245 246/231

22 23/3 54 55/9 86 87/21 118 119/40 150 151/69 182 183/110 214 215/164 246 247/233

23 24/4 55 56/10 87 88/22 119 120/41 151 152/71 183 184/111 215 216/166 247 248/236

24 25/4 56 57/10 88 89/22 120 121/42 152 153/72 184 185/113 216 217/168 248 249/238

25 26/4 57 58/10 89 90/23 121 122/43 153 154/73 185 186/114 217 218/170 249 250/241

26 27/4 58 59/10 90 91/23 122 123/44 154 155/74 186 187/116 218 219/172 250 251/243

27 28/4 59 60/11 91 92/24 123 124/44 155 156/75 187 188/117 219 220/174 251 252/246

28 29/4 60 61/11 92 93/24 124 125/45 156 157/76 188 189/119 220 221/176 252 253/248

29 30/4 61 62/11 93 94/25 125 126/46 157 158/77 189 190/121 221 222/178 253 254/251

30 31/4 62 63/12 94 95/25 126 127/47 158 159/78 190 191/122 222 223/180 254 255/253

31 32/5 63 64/12 95 96/26 127 128/48 159 160/80 191 192/124 223 224/182 255 256/256

Table 7 Intensity index vs. PWM pulse width (normal polarity)

Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log Index Lin/Log

0 256/256 32 224/251 64 192/244 96 160/230 128 128/208 160 96/175 192 64/131 224 32/72

1 255/256 33 223/251 65 191/243 97 159/229 129 127/207 161 95/174 193 63/129 225 31/70

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2 254/256 34 222/251 66 190/243 98 158/229 130 126/206 162 94/173 194 62/127 226 30/68

3 253/256 35 221/251 67 189/243 99 157/228 131 125/205 163 93/172 195 61/126 227 29/66

4 252/256 36 220/251 68 188/242 100 156/227 132 124/204 164 92/170 196 60/124 228 28/64

5 251/254 37 219/250 69 187/242 101 155/227 133 123/203 165 91/169 197 59/123 229 27/62

6 250/254 38 218/250 70 186/242 102 154/226 134 122/202 166 90/168 198 58/121 230 26/59

7 249/254 39 217/250 71 185/241 103 153/226 135 121/201 167 89/167 199 57/119 231 25/57

8 248/254 40 216/250 72 184/241 104 152/225 136 120/201 168 88/165 200 56/117 232 24/55

9 247/254 41 215/250 73 183/241 105 151/224 137 119/200 169 87/164 201 55/116 233 23/53

10 246/254 42 214/249 74 182/240 106 150/224 138 118/199 170 86/163 202 54/114 234 22/50

11 245/254 43 213/249 75 181/240 107 149/223 139 117/198 171 85/161 203 53/112 235 21/48

12 244/254 44 212/249 76 180/240 108 148/223 140 116/197 172 84/160 204 52/110 236 20/46

13 243/254 45 211/249 77 179/239 109 147/222 141 115/196 173 83/159 205 51/109 237 19/44

14 242/253 46 210/249 78 178/239 110 146/221 142 114/195 174 82/157 206 50/107 238 18/41

15 241/253 47 209/248 79 177/238 111 145/221 143 113/194 175 81/156 207 49/105 239 17/39

16 240/253 48 208/248 80 176/238 112 144/220 144 112/193 176 80/155 208 48/103 240 16/37

17 239/253 49 207/248 81 175/237 113 143/219 145 111/192 177 79/153 209 47/101 241 15/35

18 238/253 50 206/248 82 174/237 114 142/218 146 110/191 178 78/152 210 46/100 242 14/32

19 237/253 51 205/247 83 173/236 115 141/218 147 109/190 179 77/150 211 45/98 243 13/30

20 236/253 52 204/247 84 172/236 116 140/217 148 108/189 180 76/149 212 44/96 244 12/27

21 235/253 53 203/247 85 171/235 117 139/216 149 107/188 181 75/147 213 43/94 245 11/25

22 234/253 54 202/247 86 170/235 118 138/216 150 106/187 182 74/146 214 42/92 246 10/23

23 233/252 55 201/246 87 169/234 119 137/215 151 105/185 183 73/145 215 41/90 247 9/20

24 232/252 56 200/246 88 168/234 120 136/214 152 104/184 184 72/143 216 40/88 248 8/18

25 231/252 57 199/246 89 167/233 121 135/213 153 103/183 185 71/142 217 39/86 249 7/15

26 230/252 58 198/246 90 166/233 122 134/212 154 102/182 186 70/140 218 38/84 250 6/13

27 229/252 59 197/245 91 165/232 123 133/212 155 101/181 187 69/139 219 37/82 251 5/10

28 228/252 60 196/245 92 164/232 124 132/211 156 100/180 188 68/137 220 36/80 252 4/8

29 227/252 61 195/245 93 163/231 125 131/210 157 99/179 189 67/135 221 35/78 253 3/5

30 226/252 62 194/244 94 162/231 126 130/209 158 98/178 190 66/134 222 34/76 254 2/3

31 225/251 63 193/244 95 161/230 127 129/208 159 97/176 191 65/132 223 33/74 255 0/0

Table 8

Intensity index vs. PWM pulse width (inverted polarity)

3.15.4 Tri-State Multiplexing (TSM)

SX8663 can support up to 36 individual LEDs ie one per matrix key. To make this possible with the limited GPIOs

available a Tri-State Multiplexing driver has been implemented on chip and a specific LED matrix connection

must be followed for correct operation.

Figure 32 Tri-State Multiplexing Schematics (DMKx = LED of button MKx, Cf Figure 50)

Whenever set to GPO with Autolight ON, GPIO0-6 (GPIO0-5 if PK is enabled) are automatically configured for

TSM operation.

If only PS is enabled the matrix is reduced to 6x5 LEDs, DMK31-36 can be removed and GPIO6 is available.

If both PS and PK are enabled the matrix is reduced to 5x5 LEDs, DMK26-36 can be removed and GPIO6 is

automatically used for PK independent LED feedback (if Autoligth ON, else can be controlled by the host).

In addition to the standard individual button touch/release, if PS is enabled and ProxCfg[4:2] != 000 the remaining

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4 P

IN DESCRIPTIONS

4.1 Introduction

This chapter describes briefly the pins of the SX8663, the way the pins are protected, if the pins are analog,

digital, require pull up or pull down resistors and show control signals if these are available.

4.2 ASI pins

CAP0, CAP1,...,CAP11

The capacitance sensor pins (CAP0, CAP1,..., CAP11) are connected directly to the ASI circuitry which converts

the sensed capacitance into digital values.

The capacitance sensor pins which are not used should be left open.

The enabled CAP pins need be connected directly to the sensors without significant resistance (typical below

some ohms, connection vias are allowed).

The capacitance sensor pins are protected to VANA and GROUND.

Figure 34 shows the simplified diagram of the CAP0, CAP1,...CAP11 pins.

SX8663

sensor ASI CAPx CAP_INx

VANA

Note : x = 0, 1,2,…7

Figure 34

Simplified diagram of CAP0, CAP1,...,CAP11

CN, CP

The CN and the CP pins are connected to the ASI circuitry. A 1nF sampling capacitor between CP and CN needs

to be placed as close as possible to the SX8663.

The CN and CP are protected to VANA and GROUND.

Figure 35 shows the simplified diagram of the CN and CP pins.

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Simplified diagram of CN and CP

4.3 Host interface pins

The host interface consists of the interrupt pin INTB, a reset pin RESETB and the standard I2C pins: SCL and

SDA.

INTB

The INTB pin is an open drain output that requires an external pull-up resistor (1..10 kOhm). The INTB pin is

protected to VDD using dedicated devices. The INTB pin has diode protected to GROUND.

Figure 36 shows a simplified diagram of the INTB pin.

Figure 36

Simplified diagram of INTB

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VANA

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INTB

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SCL

The SCL pin is a high impedance input pin. The SCL pin is protected to VDD, using dedicated devices, in order to

conform to standard I2C slave specifications. The SCL pin has diode protected to GROUND.

An external pull-up resistor (1..10 kOhm) is required on this pin.

Figure 37 shows the simplified diagram of the SCL pin.

Figure 37

Simplified diagram of SCL

SDA

SDA is an IO pin that can be used as an open drain output pin with external pull-up resistor or as a high

impedance input pin. The SDA IO pin is protected to VDD, using dedicated devices, in order to conform to

standard I2C slave specifications. The SDA pin has diode protected to GROUND.

An external pull-up resistor (1..10 kOhm) is required on this pin.

Figure 38 shows the simplified diagram of the SDA pin.

Figure 38

Simplified diagram of SDA

VDD

SCL

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host

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VDD

SDA

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from/

to host

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RESETB

The RESETB pin is a high impedance input pin. The RESETB pin is protected to VDD using dedicated devices.

The RESETB pin has diode protected to GROUND.

Figure 39 shows the simplified diagram of the RESETB pin controlled by the host.

Figure 39

Simplified diagram of RESETB controlled by host

Figure 40 shows the RESETB without host control.

Figure 40

Simplified diagram of RESETB without host control

VDD

RESETB

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VDD

RESETB

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4.4 Power management pins

The power management pins consist of the Power, Ground and Regulator pins.

VDD

VDD is a power pin and is the main power supply for the SX8663.

VDD has protection to GROUND.

Figure 41 shows a simplified diagram of the VDD pin.

Figure 41

Simplified diagram of VDD

GND

The SX8663 has four ground pins all named GND. These pins and the package center pad need to be connected

to ground potential.

The GND has protection to VDD.

Figure 42 shows a simplified diagram of the GND pin.

Figure 42

Simplified diagram of GND

VDD

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VANA, VDIG

The SX8663 has on-chip regulators for internal use (pins VANA and VDIG).

VANA and VDIG have protection to VDD and to GND.

The output of the regulators needs to be de-coupled with a small 100nF capacitor to ground.

Figure 43 shows a simplified diagram of the VANA and VDIG pin.

Figure 43

Simplified diagram of VANA and VDIG

4.5 General purpose IO pins

The SX8663 has 8 General purpose input/output (GPIO) pins.

All the GPIO pins have protection to VDD and GND.

Figure 44 shows a simplified diagram of the GPIO pins.

Figure 44

Simplified diagram of GPIO pins

VDD

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VDIG

VDD

GND

VANA

VDIG

Cvdig

Cvana

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5 D

ETAILED

ONFIGURATION DESCRIPTIONS

5.1 Introduction

The SX8663 configuration parameters are taken from the QSM or the NVM and loaded into the SPM as explained

in the chapter ‘functional description’.

This chapter describes the details of the configuration parameters of the SX8663.

The SPM is split by functionality into 5 configuration sections:

• General: operating modes,

• Capacitive Sensors: related to lower level capacitive sensing,

• Buttons (MK and PK): related to the conversion from sensor data towards button information,

• Buzzer: defining parameters for the buzzer

• GPIOs: related to the setup of the GPIO pins.

The total address space of the SPM and the NVM is 128 bytes, from address 0x00 to address 0x7F.

Two types of memory addresses, data are accessible to the user.

• ‘application data’: Application dependent data that need to be configured by the user.

• ‘reserved’: Data that need to be maintained by the user to the QSM default values (i.e. when NVM is burned).

The Table 9 and Table 10 resume the complete SPM address space and show the ‘application data’ and

‘reserved’ addresses, the functional split and the default values (loaded from the QSM).

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Address Name Default/QSM

value

Address Name Default/QSM

value

0x00 Reserved 0xxx 0x20 Reserved 0x00

0x01 Reserved 0xxx 0x21

Reserved 0x00

0x02 Reserved 0x43 0x22 BtnCfg 0x30

0x03 Reserved 0xxx 0x23 BtnAvgThresh 0x50

0x04 I2CAddress 0x2B 0x24 BtnCompNegThresh 0xA0

0x05 ActiveScanPeriod 0x02 0x25 BtnCompNegCntMax 0x01

0x06 DozeScanPeriod 0x0D 0x26 BtnHysteresis 0x0A

0x07 PassiveTimer 0x00 0x27 BtnStuckAtTimeout 0x00

0x08

General

Reserved 0x00 0x28 Reserved 0x80

0x09 CapModeMisc 0x00 0x29 Reserved 0x00

0x0A Reserved 0x55 0x2A

Buttons

Reserved 0xFF

0x0B Reserved 0x55 0x2B Reserved 0x00

0x0C Reserved 0x55 0x2C ProxCfg 0x7D

0x0D CapSensitivity0_1 0x44 0x2D ProxDebounce 0x00

0x0E CapSensitivity2_3 0x44 0x2E ProxHysteresis 0x0A

0x0F CapSensitivity4_5 0x44 0x2F Reserved 0x00

0x10 CapSensitivity6_7 0x44 0x30 Reserved 0x64

0x11 CapSensitivity8_9 0x44 0x31 Reserved 0x34

0x12 CapSensitivity10_11 0x44 0x32 ProxAvgThresh 0x50

0x13 CapThresh0 0xA0 0x33 ProxCompNegThresh 0xA0

0x14 CapThresh1 0xA0 0x34 ProxCompNegCntMax 0x01

0x15 CapThresh2 0xA0 0x35 ProxStuckAtTimeout 0x00

0x16 CapThresh3 0xA0 0x36

Proximity

Reserved 0x00

0x17 CapThresh4 0xA0 0x37 BuzzerCfg 0xA4

0x18 CapThresh5 0xA0 0x38 BuzzerFreqPhase1 0x40

0x19 CapThresh6 0xA0 0x39 BuzzerFreqPhase2 0x20

0x1A CapThresh7 0xA0 0x3A

Buzzer

Reserved 0x00

0x1B CapThresh8 0xA0 0x3B Reserved 0x00

0x1C CapThresh9 0xA0 0x3C Reserved 0x00

0x1D CapThresh10 0xA0 0x3D Reserved 0x00

0x1E CapThresh11 0xA0 0x3E Reserved 0x00

0x1F

Capacitive Sensors

CapPerComp

x00 0x3F

Reserved 0x00

Table 9

SPM address map: 0x00…0x3F

Note

• ‘0xxx’: write protected data

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Address Name Default/QSM

value Address Name Default/QSM

value

0x40 Reserved 0x00 0x60 GpioDecTime7_6 0x44

0x41 Reserved 0x00 0x61 GpioDecTime5_4 0x44

0x42

Reserved 0x00 0x62 GpioDecTime3_2 0x44

0x43 GpioMode7_4 0x00 0x63 GpioDecTime1_0 0x44

0x44 GpioMode3_0 0x00 0x64 GpioOffDelay7_6 0x00

0x45 GpioIntensityOn0 0xFF 0x65 GpioOffDelay5_4 0x00

0x46 GpioIntensityOn1 0xFF 0x66 GpioOffDelay3_2 0x00

0x47 GpioIntensityOn2 0xFF 0x67 GpioOffDelay1_0 0x00

0x48 GpioIntensityOn3 0xFF 0x68 Reserved 0x00

0x49 GpioIntensityOn4 0xFF 0x69 Reserved 0x00

0x4A GpioIntensityOn5 0xFF 0x6A Reserved 0x00

0x4B GpioIntensityOn6 0xFF 0x6B Reserved 0x00

0x4C GpioIntensityOn7 0xFF 0x6C Reserved 0x00

0x4D GpioIntensityOff0 0x00 0x6D GpioFadingMode7_4 0x00

0x4E GpioIntensityOff1 0x00 0x6E

GPIOs

GpioFadingMode3_0 0x00

0x4F GpioIntensityOff2 0x00 0x6F Reserved 0x50

0x50 GpioIntensityOff3 0x00 0x70 Reserved 0x74

0x51 GpioIntensityOff4 0x00 0x71 Reserved 0x10

0x52 GpioIntensityOff5 0x00 0x72 Reserved 0x45

0x53 GpioIntensityOff6 0x00 0x73 Reserved 0x02

0x54 GpioIntensityOff7 0x00 0x74 Reserved 0xFF

0x55 Reserved 0xFF 0x75 Reserved 0xFF

0x56 GpioOutPwrUp 0x00 0x76 Reserved 0xFF

0x57 GpioAutoLight 0xFF 0x77 Reserved 0xD5

0x58 GpoPolarity 0x7F 0x78 Reserved 0x55

0x59 GpioFunction 0x00 0x79 Reserved 0x55

0x5A GpioIncFactor 0x00 0x7A Reserved 0x7F

0x5B GpioDecFactor 0x00 0x7B Reserved 0x23

0x5C GpioIncTime7_6 0x00 0x7C Reserved 0x22

0x5D GpioIncTime5_4 0x00 0x7D Reserved 0x41

0x5E GpioIncTime3_2 0x00 0x7E Reserved 0xFF

0x5F

GPIOs

GpioIncTime1_0 0x00 0x7F SpmCrc

0xXX

Table 10

SPM address map: 0x40…0x7F

Note

• SpmCrc: CRC depending on SPM content, updated in Active or Doze mode.

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5.2 General Parameters

General Parameters

Address Name Bits Description

7 Reserved (0) 0x04 I2CAddress

6:0 Defines the I2C address.

The I2C address will be active after a reset.

Default: 0x2B

0x05 ActiveScanPeriod

7:0 Defines Active Mode Scan Period (Figure 6).

0x00: Reserved

0x01: 15ms

0x02: 30ms (default)

…

0xFF: 255 x 15ms

0x06 DozeScanPeriod 7:0 Defines Doze Mode Scan Period (Figure 6).

0x00: Reserved

0x01: 15ms

…

0x0D: 195ms (default)

…

0xFF: 255 x 15ms

0x07 PassiveTimer 7:0 Defines Passive Timer on Button Information (Figure 7).

0x00: OFF (default)

0x01: 1 second

…

0xFF: 255 seconds

0x08 Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

Table 11

General Parameters

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5.3 Capacitive Sensors Parameters

Capacitive Sensors Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

7:5 Reserved (000)

4:3

CapSenseProtect:

00: OFF (default)

01: ON. GPIOs activity is disabled during CAP11 sensing.

10: ON. GPIOs activity is disabled during CAP10-11 sensing.

11: ON. GPIOs activity is disabled during CAP0-11 sensing (i.e. all CAPx).

0x09 CapModeMisc

2:0 IndividualSensitivity

Defines common sensitivity for all sensors or individual sensor

sensitivity.

000: Common sensitivity settings (CapSensitivity0_1[7:4]) (default)

100: Individual sensitivity settings (CapSensitivityx_x)

Else : Reserved

0x0A Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x55)

0x0B Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x55)

0x0C Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x55)

7:4 CAP0 Sensitivity - Common Sensitivity 0x0D CapSensitivity0_1

3:0 CAP1 Sensitivity

7:4 CAP2 Sensitivity 0x0E CapSensitivity2_3

3:0 CAP3 Sensitivity

7:4 CAP4 Sensitivity 0x0F CapSensitivity4_5

3:0 CAP5 Sensitivity

7:4 CAP6 Sensitivity 0x10 CapSensitivity6_7

3:0 CAP7 Sensitivity

7:4 CAP8 Sensitivity 0x11 CapSensitivity8_9

3:0 CAP9 Sensitivity

7:4 CAP10 Sensitivity 0x12 CapSensitivity10_1

1 3:0 CAP11 Sensitivity

Defines the sensitivity.

0x0: Minimum

0x1: 1

…

0x4: 4 (default)

…

0x7: Maximum

0x8..0xF: Reserved

0x13 CapThresh0 7:0 CAP0 Touch Threshold

0x14 CapThresh1 7:0 CAP1 Touch Threshold

0x15 CapThresh2 7:0 CAP2 Touch Threshold

0x16 CapThresh3 7:0 CAP3 Touch Threshold

0x17 CapThresh4 7:0 CAP4 Touch Threshold

0x18 CapThresh5 7:0 CAP5 Touch Threshold

0x19 CapThresh6 7:0 CAP6 Touch Threshold

0x1A CapThresh7 7:0 CAP7 Touch Threshold

0x1B CapThresh8 7:0 CAP8 Touch Threshold

0x1C CapThresh9 7:0 CAP9 Touch Threshold

0x1D CapThresh10 7:0 CAP10 Touch Threshold

0x1E CapThresh11 7:0 CAP11 Touch Threshold

Defines the Touch Threshold ticks.

0x00: 0,

0x01: 4,

…

0xA0: 640 (default),

…

0xFF: 1020

0x1F CapPerComp 7:4 Reserved (0000)

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Capacitive Sensors Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

3:0 Periodic Offset Compensation Defines the periodic offset compensation.

0x0: OFF (default)

0x1: 1 second

0x2: 2 seconds

…

0x7: 7 seconds

0x8: 16 seconds

0x9: 18 seconds

…

0xE: 28 seconds

0xF: 60 seconds

Table 12

Capacitive Sensors Parameters

CapSenseProtect

If needed, ASI activity can be protected against LED interference by automatically disabling GPIOs during

sensing periods. At the end of the sensing activity, GPIOs activity resume normally.

CapModeMisc

By default the ASI uses common sensitivity for all capacitive sensors in the case overlay material and sensors

sizes are about equal. The register bits CapSensitivity0_1[7:4] determine the sensitivity for all sensors in

common sensitivity mode.

The ASI can use an individual sensitivity for each CAP pin The individual sensitivity mode results in longer

sensing periods than required in common sensitivity mode.

CapSensitivity0_1, CapSensitivity2_3, CapSensitivity4_5, CapSensitivity6_7, CapSensitivity8_9,

CapSensitivity10_11

The sensitivity of the sensors can be set between 8 values. The higher the sensitivity is set the larger the value

of the ticks will be.

The minimum sensitivity can be used for thin overlay materials and large sensors, while the maximum

sensitivity is required for thicker overlay and smaller sensors.

The required sensitivity needs to be determined during a product development phase. Too low sensitivity

settings result in missing touches. Too high sensitivity settings will result in fault detection of fingers hovering

above the touch sensors.

The sensitivity is identical for all sensors in common sensitivity mode using the bits CapSensitivity0_1[7:4] and

can be set individually using register CapModeMisc[2:0].

CapThresh0, CapThresh1, CapThresh2, CapThresh3, CapThresh4, CapThresh5, CapThresh6, CapThresh7,

CapThresh8, CapThresh9, CapThresh10, CapThresh11:

For each CAP pin a threshold level can be set individually.

The threshold levels are used by the SX8663 for making touch and release decisions.

The details are explained in the sections for buttons.

CapPerComp

The SX8663 offers a periodic offset compensation for applications which are subject to substantial

environmental changes. The periodic offset compensation is done at a defined interval and only if buttons are

released.

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5.4 Buttons (MK and PK) Parameters

Buttons Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

7 Reporting scheme:

0: report both MK and PK touches (multi MK touch is never allowed/reported)

(default)

1: report first/single MK or PK touch (ignore next touch until release of the first

one)

6 Priority key (PK):

0: OFF (default)

1: ON (CAP10 if proximity is enabled, else CAP11)

5:4 Button events to be reported on NIRQ.

00 : None

01 : Touch

10 : Release

11 : Both (default)

3:2 Defines the number of samples at the scan period for determining a release of a

button.

00 : no debounce, use incoming sample (default)

01 : 2 samples debounce

10 : 3 samples debounce

11 : 4 samples debounce

0x22 BtnCfg

1:0 Defines the number of samples at the scan period for determining a touch of a

button.

00 : no debounce, use incoming sample (default)

01 : 2 samples debounce

10 : 3 samples debounce

11 : 4 samples debounce

0x23 BtnAvgThresh 7:0 Defines the positive threshold for disabling the processing filter averaging.

If ticks are above the threshold, then the averaging is suspended.

0x00: 0

0x01: 4

…

0x50: 320 (default)

…

0xFF: 1020

0x24 BtnCompNegThresh 7:0 Defines the negative offset compensation threshold.

0x00: 0

0x01: 4

…

0xA0: 640 (default)

…

0xFF: 1020

0x25 BtnCompNegCntMax 7:0 Defines the number of ticks (below the negative offset compensation threshold)

which will initiate an offset compensation.

0x00: reserved

0x01: 1 sample (default)

…

0xFF: 255 samples

0x26 BtnHysteresis 7:0 Defines the button hysteresis corresponding to a percentage of the CAP

thresholds (defined in Table 12).

All buttons use the same hysteresis.

0x00: 0%

0x01: 1%

…

0x0A: 10% (default)

…

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Buttons Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

0x64: 100%

0x27 BtnStuckAtTimeout 7:0 Defines the stuck at timeout for buttons.

0x00: OFF (default)

0x01: 1 second

…

0xFF: 255 seconds

Table 13

Button Parameters

A reliable button operation requires a coherent setting of the registers.

Figure 45 shows an example of a touch and a release. The ticks will vary slightly around the zero idle state.

When the touch occurs the ticks will rise sharply. At the release of the button the ticks will go down rapidly and

converge to the idle zero value.

ticks_diff

Figure 45

Touch and Release Example

As soon as the ticks become larger than the CAP thresholds (see registers of the previous section) plus the

hysteresis (defined in register

BtnHysteresis

) the debounce counter starts.

In the example of Figure 45 the touch is validated after 2 ticks (

BtnCfg

[2:0] = 1).

The release is detected immediately (

BtnCfg

[3] = 0) at the first tick which is below the threshold minus the

hysteresis.

BtnCfg

The user can select to have the interrupt signal (INTB) on touching a button, releasing a button or both.

In noisy environments it may be required to debounce the touch and release detection decision.

In case the debounce is enabled the SX8663 will count up to the number of debounce samples BtnCfg [1:0],

BtnCfg [3:2] before taking a touch or release decision. The sample period is identical to the scan period.

BtnAvgPosThresh

Small environmental and system noise cause the ticks to vary slowly around the zero idle mode value.

In case the ticks get slightly positive this is considered as normal operation. Very large positive tick values

indicate a valid touch. The averaging filter is disabled as soon as the average reaches the value defined by

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BtnAvgPosThresh. This mechanism avoids that a valid touch will be averaged and finally the tick difference

becomes zero.

In case three or more sensors reach the BtnAvgPosThresh value simultaneously then the SX8663 will start an

offset compensation procedure.

Small environmental and system noise cause the ticks to vary slowly around the zero idle mode value.

In case the ticks get slightly negative this is considered as normal operation. However large negative values will

trigger an offset compensation phase and a new set of DCVs will be obtained.

The decision to trigger a compensation phase based on negative ticks is determined by the value in the register

BtnCompNegThresh and by the number of ticks below the negative thresholds defined in register

BtnCompNegCntMax. An example is shown in Figure 46

ticks_avg

Figure 46

Negative Ticks Offset Compensation Trigger

BtnCompNegThresh

Small negative ticks are considered as normal operation and will occur very often.

Larger negative ticks however need to be avoided and a convenient method is to trigger an offset

compensation phase. The new set of DCV will assure the idle ticks will be close to zero again.

A trade-off has to be found for the value of this register. A negative threshold too close to zero will trigger a

compensation phase very often. A very negative threshold will never trigger.

BtnCompNegCntMax

As soon as the ticks get smaller than the Negative Threshold the Negative Counter starts to count.

If the counter goes beyond the Negative Counter Max then the offset compensation phase is triggered.

The recommended value for this register is ‘1’ which means that the offset compensation starts on the first tick

below the negative threshold.

BtnHysteresis

The hysteresis percentage is identical for all buttons.

A touch is detected if the ticks are getting larger as the value defined by:

CapThreshold + CapThreshold * hysteresis.

A release is detected if the ticks are getting smaller as the value defined by:

CapThreshold - CapThreshold * hysteresis.

BtnStuckAtTimeout

The stuckat timer can avoid sticky buttons.

If the stuckat timer is set to one second then the touch of a finger will last only for one second and then a

compensation will be performed and button hence considered released, even if the finger remains on the

button for a longer time. After the actual finger release the button can be touched again and will be reported as

usual. In case the stuckat timer is not required it can be set to zero.

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5.5 Proximity (PS) Parameters

Proximity

Parameters

Address Name Bits Description

0x2B Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

7 Proximity enable:

0: OFF (PK=CAP11 if enabled) (default)

1: ON (PS = CAP11; PK =CAP10 if enabled)

6:5 Prox events to be reported on NIRQ:

00 : None

01 : Close (same as touch for buttons)

10 : Far (same as release for buttons)

11 : Both (default)

4:2 Defines the MK LEDs intensity during proximity “close” :

000: OFF, proximity status reported on GPIO7 (if set as GPO + Autoligth ON)

001: 3%

010: 5%

011: 8%

100: 10%

101: 12%

110 : 14%

111: 16% (default)

1 Reserved

0x2C ProxCfg

0 Defines the Prox LED (GPIO7) status when a button (MK or PK) is touched:

0: OFF

1: ON (default)

7:4 Defines the delay between proximity “far” and start of fading out of MK LEDs

(single fading)

0x0: instantaneous (default)

0x1: 200 ms

0x2: 400 ms

0x3: 600ms

…

0xA: 2s

0xB: 4s

0xC: 6s

0xD: 8s

0xE: 10s

0xF: 12s

3:2 Defines the number of samples at the scan period for determining proximity

“far” status.

00 : no debounce, use incoming sample (default)

01 : 2 samples debounce

10 : 3 samples debounce

11 : 4 samples debounce

0x2D ProxDebounce

1:0 Defines the number of samples at the scan period for determining proximity

“close” status.

00 : no debounce, use incoming sample (default)

01 : 2 samples debounce

10 : 3 samples debounce

11 : 4 samples debounce

0x2E ProxHysteresis 7:0 Defines the proximity hysteresis corresponding to a percentage of the CAP

thresholds (defined in Table 12).

0x00: 0%

0x01: 1%

…

0x0A: 10% (default)

…

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Proximity

Parameters

Address Name Bits Description

0x64: 100%

0x2F Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

0x30 Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x64)

0x31 Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x34)

0x32 ProxAvgThresh 7:0 Defines the positive threshold for disabling the processing filter averaging.

If ticks are above the threshold, then the averaging is suspended.

0x00: 0

0x01: 4

…

0x50: 320 (default)

…

0xFF: 1020

0x33 ProxCompNegThresh 7:0 Defines the negative offset compensation threshold for proximity.

0x00: 0

0x01: 4

…

0xA0: 640 (default)

…

0xFF: 1020

0x34 ProxCompNegCntMax 7:0 Defines the number of ticks (below the negative offset compensation threshold)

which will initiate an offset compensation.

0x00: reserved

0x01: 1 sample (default)

…

0xFF: 255 samples

0x35 ProxStuckAtTimeout 7:0 Defines the stuck at timeout for proximity.

0x00: OFF (default)

0x01: 1 second

…

0xFF: 255 seconds

0x36 Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

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5.6 Buzzer Parameters

Buzzer

Parameters

Address Name Bits Description

7:6 Defines the phase 1 duration.

0x00: ~ 5ms

0x01: ~ 10ms

0x02: ~ 15ms (default)

0x03: ~ 30ms

5:4 Defines the phase 2 duration.

0x00: ~ 5ms

0x01: ~ 10ms

0x02: ~ 15ms (default)

0x03: ~ 30ms

3 Defines the buzzer idle level (BuzzerLevelIdle).

0x0: min level (0V), (default)

0x1: max level (VDD)

0x37 BuzzerCfg

2:0 Defines the buzzer pwm prescaler value.

Default: 0x04

0x38 BuzzerFreqPhase1 7:0 Defines the frequency for the first phase of the buzzer.

freq ≈ 4MHz /(2^prescaler * BuzzerFreqPhase1)

Default: 0x40 (4KHz)

0x39 BuzzerFreqPhase2 7:0 Defines the frequency for the second phase of the buzzer.

freq ≈ 4MHz /(2^prescaler * BuzzerFreqPhase2)

Default: 0x20 (8KHz)

0x3A Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

Table 14

Buzzer Parameters

The SX8663 has the ability to drive a buzzer (on GPIO7) to provide an audible indication that a button has been

touched. The buzzer is driven by a square signal for approximately 30ms (default). During the first phase (15ms)

the signal’s frequency is default 4KHz while in the second phase (15ms) the signal’s frequency default is 8KHz.

The buzzer is activated only once during any button touch and is not repeated for long touches. The user can

choose to enable or disable the buzzer by configuration and define the idle level, frequencies and phase

durations.

Figure 47

Buzzer behavior

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5.7 GPIO Parameters

GPIO Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

7:6 GPIO[7] Mode

Default GPO

5:4 GPIO[6] Mode

Default GPO

3:2 GPIO[5] Mode

Default GPO

0x43 GpioMode7_4

1:0 GPIO[4] Mode

Default GPO

7:6 GPIO[3] Mode

Default GPO

5:4 GPIO[2] Mode

Default GPO

3:2 GPIO[1] Mode

Default GPO

0x44 GpioMode3_0

1:0 GPIO[0] Mode

Defines the GPIO mode.

00: GPO

01: Reserved

10: Reserved

11: SPO: Buzzer for GPIO[7],

Reserved for GPIO[6..0]

Default GPO

0x45 GpioIntensityOn0 7:0

0x46 GpioIntensityOn1 7:0

0x47 GpioIntensityOn2 7:0

0x48 GpioIntensityOn3 7:0

0x49 GpioIntensityOn4 7:0

0x4A GpioIntensityOn5 7:0

0x4B GpioIntensityOn6 7:0

0x4C GpioIntensityOn7 7:0

Defines the ON intensity index.

0x00: 0

0x01: 1

…

0xFF: 255 (default)

0x4D GpioIntensityOff0 7:0

0x4E GpioIntensityOff1 7:0

0x4F GpioIntensityOff2 7:0

0x50 GpioIntensityOff3 7:0

0x51 GpioIntensityOff4 7:0

0x52 GpioIntensityOff5 7:0

0x53 GpioIntensityOff6 7:0

0x54 GpioIntensityOff7 7:0

Defines the OFF intensity index.

0x00: 0 (default)

0x01: 1

…

0xFF: 255

0x56 GpioOutPwrUp 7:0 Defines the values of GPO pins after power up i.e. default values of I2C

parameters GpoCtrl.

Bits corresponding to GPO pins with Autolight ON should be left to 0.

Before being actually initialized GPIOs are shortly set as inputs with pull up.

0: OFF(default)

1: ON

0x57 GpioAutoLight 7:0 Enables Autolight in GPO mode.

0: OFF

1: ON (default). GPIO0-5 = MK(TSM); GPIO6 = MK(TSM) or PK if enabled;

GPIO7 = PS if enabled and ProxCfg[4:2]=000

0x58 GpioPolarity 7:0 Defines the polarity of the GPO pins.

SPO pins require Normal Polarity.

0: Inverted

1: Normal

Default : 0x7F

0x59 GpioFunction 7:0 Defines the intensity index vs PWM pulse width function.

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GPIO Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

0: Logarithmic (default)

1: Linear

0x5A GpioIncFactor 7:0 Defines the fading increment factor.

0: intensity index incremented every increment time (default)

1: intensity index incremented every 16 increment times

0x5B GpioDecFactor 7:0 Defines the fading decrement factor.

0: intensity index decremented every decrement time (default)

1: intensity index decremented every 16 decrement times

7:4 GPIO[7] Fading Increment Time 0x5C GpioIncTime7_6

3:0 GPIO[6] Fading Increment Time

7:4 GPIO[5] Fading Increment Time 0x5D GpioIncTime5_4

3:0 GPIO[4] Fading Increment Time

7:4 GPIO[3] Fading Increment Time 0x5E GpioIncTime3_2

3:0 GPIO[2] Fading Increment Time

7:4 GPIO[1] Fading Increment Time 0x5F GpioIncTime1_0

3:0 GPIO[0] Fading Increment Time

Defines the fading increment time.

0x0: OFF (default)

0x1: 0.5ms

0x2: 1ms

…

0xF: 7.5ms

The total fading in time will be:

GpioIncTime*GpioIncFactor*

(GpioIntensityOn – GpioIntensityOff)

7:4 GPIO[7] Fading Decrement Time

0x60 GpioDecTime7_6

3:0 GPIO[6] Fading Decrement Time

7:4 GPIO[5] Fading Decrement Time

0x61 GpioDecTime5_4

3:0 GPIO[4] Fading Decrement Time

7:4 GPIO[3] Fading Decrement Time

0x62 GpioDecTime3_2

3:0 GPIO[2] Fading Decrement Time

7:4 GPIO[1] Fading Decrement Time 0x63 GpioDecTime1_0

3:0 GPIO[0] Fading Decrement Time

Defines the fading decrement time.

0x0: OFF

0x1: 0.5ms

0x2: 1ms

…

0x4: 2.0ms (default)

…

0xF: 7.5ms

The total fading out time will be:

GpioDecTime*GpioDecFactor*

(GpioIntensityOn – GpioIntensityOff)

7:4 GPIO[7] OFF Delay 0x64 GpioOffDelay7_6

3:0 GPIO[6] OFF Delay

7:4 GPIO[5] OFF Delay 0x65 GpioOffDelay5_4

3:0 GPIO[4] OFF Delay

7:4 GPIO[3] OFF Delay 0x66 GpioOffDelay3_2

3:0 GPIO[2] OFF Delay

7:4 GPIO[1] OFF Delay 0x67 GpioOffDelay1_0

3:0 GPIO[0] OFF Delay

Defines the delay between release and start

of fading out (single fading)

0x0: instantaneous (default)

0x1: 200 ms

0x2: 400 ms

0x3: 600ms

…

0xA: 2s

0xB: 4s

…

0xF: 12s

0x68 Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

0x69 Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

0x6A Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

0x6B Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

0x6C Reserved 7:0 Reserved (0x00)

7:6 Fading mode for GPIO[7]

5:4 Fading mode for GPIO[6]

0x6D GpioFadingMode7_4

3:2 Fading mode for GPIO[5]

Defines the Fading mode for GPO[7:0].

00: Single (default)

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GPIO Parameters

Address Name Bits

Description

1:0 Fading mode for GPIO[4]

7:6 Fading mode for GPIO[3]

5:4 Fading mode for GPIO[2]

3:2 Fading mode for GPIO[1]

0x6E GpioFadingMode3_0

1:0 Fading mode for GPIO[0]

01: Continuous

10: Reserved

11: Reserved

The fading modes are expected to be

defined at power up by the QSM or NVM.

In case the fading modes need to be

changed after power up this can be done

when the GPOs are all OFF.

Table 15 resumes the applicable SPM and I2C parameters for each GPIO mode.

GPO

Autolight OFF GPO

Autolight ON SPO

(Buzzer – GPIO7 only)

GpioMode X X X

GpioOutPwrUp X

OFF OFF

GpioAutolight OFF ON ON

GpioPolarity X TSM->Normal

else X Normal

GpioIntensityOn X X

GpioIntensityOff X TSM->0%

else X

GpioFunction X X Linear

GpioIncFactor X X

GpioDecFactor X X

GpioIncTime X X

GpioDecTime X X

GpioOffDelay X X

SPM

GpioFadingMode X X

I2C GpoCtrl X

GpioOutPwrUp must be set to OFF in Continuous Fading Mode

Grey = not applicable, with or without required setting

Table 15

Applicable (X) SPM/I2C Parameters vs. GPIO Mode

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6 I2C

NTERFACE

The I2C implemented on the SX8663 is compliant with:

- standard (100kb/s), fast mode (400kb/s)

- slave mode

- 7 bit address (default 0x2B). The default address can be changed in the NVM at address 0x04.

The host can use the I2C to read and write data at any time. The effective changes will be applied at the next

processing phase (section 3.2).

Three types of registers are considered:

- status (read). These registers give information about the status of the capacitive buttons, GPIs, operation modes

etc…

- control (read/write). These registers control the soft reset, operating modes, GPIOs and offset compensation.

- SPM gateway (read/write). These registers are used for the communication between host and the SPM. The

SPM gateway communication is done typically at power up and is not supposed to be changed when the

application is running. The SPM needs to be re-stored each time the SX8663 is powered down.

The SPM can be stored permanently in the NVM memory of the SX8663. The SPM gateway communication over

the I2C at power up is then not required.

The I2C will be able to read and write from a start address and then perform read or writes sequentially, and the

address increments automatically.

The supported I2C access formats are described in the next sections.

6.1 I2C Write

The format of the I2C write is given in Figure 48.

After the start condition [S], the slave address (SA) is sent, followed by an eighth bit (‘0’) indicating a Write. The

SX8663 then acknowledges [A] that it is being addressed, and the master sends an 8 bit Data Byte consisting of

the SX8663 Register Address (RA). The slave acknowledges [A] and the master sends the appropriate 8 bit Data

Byte (WD0). Again the slave acknowledges [A]. In case the master needs to write more data, a succeeding 8 bit

Data Byte will follow (WD1), acknowledged by the slave [A]. This sequence will be repeated until the master

terminates the transfer with the Stop condition [P].

Figure 48

I2C write

The register address is incremented automatically when successive register data (WD1...WDn) is supplied by the

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6.2 I2C read

The format of the I2C read is given in Figure 49.

After the start condition [S], the slave address (SA) is sent, followed by an eighth bit (‘0’) indicating a Write. The

SX8663 then acknowledges [A] that it is being addressed, and the master responds with an 8 bit data consisting

of the Register Address (RA). The slave acknowledges [A] and the master sends the Repeated Start Condition

[Sr]. Once again, the slave address (SA) is sent, followed by an eighth bit (‘1’) indicating a Read.

The SX8663 responds with acknowledge [A] and the Read Data byte (RD0). If the master needs to read more

data it will acknowledge [A] and the SX8663 will send the next read byte (RD1). This sequence can be repeated

until the master terminates with a NACK [N] followed by a stop [P].

Figure 49

I2C read

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6.3 I2C Registers Overview

Address Name R/W Description

0x00 IrqSrc read Interrupt Source

0x01 CapStatKeys read Cap Status

0x02 Reserved

0x03 Reserved

0x04 Reserved

0x05 Reserved

0x06 Reserved

0x07 Reserved

0x08 SpmStat read SPM Status

0x09 CompOpMode read/write Compensation and

Operating Mode

0x0A GpoCtrl

0x0B Reserved

0x0C Reserved

0x0D SpmCfg read/write SPM Configuration

0x0E SpmBaseAddr read/write SPM Base Address

0x0F Reserved

0xAC SpmKeyMsb read/write SPM Key MSB

0xAD SpmKeyLsb read/write SPM Key LSB

0xB1 SoftReset read/write Software Reset

Table 16

I2C Registers Overview

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6.4 Status Registers

Address Name Bits Description

7 Reserved

6 NVM burn interrupt flag

5 SPM write interrupt flag

4 Reserved

3 Reserved

2 Sensors interrupt flag

1 Compensation interrupt flag

0x00 IrqSrc

0 Operating Mode interrupt flag

Interrupt source flags

0: Inactive (default)

1: Active

INTB goes low if any of

these bits is set.

More than one bit can be

set.

Reading IrqSrc clears it

together with INTB.

Table 17

Interrupt Source

The delay between the actual event and the flags indicating the interrupt source may be one scan period.

IrqSrc[6] is set once NVM burn procedure is completed.

IrqSrc[5] is set once SPM write is effective.

IrqSrc[2] is set if a sensor event occurred (touch/close or release/far if enabled). CapStatKeys show the detailed

status of the sensors.

IrqSrc[1] is set once compensation procedure is completed either through automatic trigger or via host request.

IrqSrc[0] is set when actually entering Active or Doze mode via host request. CompOpmode shows the current

operation mode.

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Address

Name

Bits

Description

7 Proximity Status

0 : Far

1 : Close

6 Priority Key Status

0 : not touched

1 : touched

0x01 CapStatKeys

5:0

Matrix Keys Status

0x00: no touch on matrix

0x01: key1 (MK1) is touched

0x02: key2 (MK2) is touched

…

0x24: key36 (MK36) is touched

If several matrix buttons are touched only the first one is reported.

Cf figure below for MK mapping/numbering vs CAPx pins

Table 18

I2C Cap status

Figure 50

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Address Name Bits Description

7:4 reserved

0x08 SpmStat

3 NvmValid Indicates if the current NVM is valid.

0: No – QSM is used

1: Yes – NVM is used

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Address Name Bits Description

2:0 NvmCount

Indicates the number of times NVM has been burned:

0: None – QSM is used (default)

1: Once – NVM is used if NvmValid = 1, else QSM.

2: Twice – NVM is used if NvmValid = 1, else QSM.

3: Three times – NVM is used if NvmValid = 1, else QSM.

4: More than three times – QSM is used

Table 19

I2C SPM status

6.5 Control Registers

Address Name Bits Description

7:3 Reserved*, write only ‘00000’

2 Compensation Indicates/triggers compensation procedure

0: Compensation completed (default)

1: read -> compensation running ; write -> trigger

compensation

0x09 CompOpMode

1:0 Operating Mode

Indicates/programs** operating mode

00: Active mode (default)

01: Doze mode

10: Sleep mode

11: Reserved

* The reading of these reserved bits will return varying values.

** After the operating mode change (Active/Doze) the host should wait for INTB or 300ms before

performing any I2C read access.

Table 20

I2C compensation, operation modes

Address Name Bits Description

0x0A GpoCtrl 7:0 GpoCtrl[7:0]

Triggers ON/OFF state of GPOs when Autolight is OFF

0: OFF (i.e. go to IntensityOff)

1: ON (i.e. go to IntensityOn)

Default is set by SPM parameter GpioOutPwrUp

Bits of non-GPO pins are ignored.

Table 21

I2C GPO Control

Address Name Bits Description

0xB1 SoftReset 7:0 Writing 0xDE followed by 0x00 will reset the chip.

Table 22

I2C Soft Reset

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6.6 SPM Gateway Registers

The SX8663 I2C interface offers two registers for exchanging the SPM data with the host.

• SpmCfg

• SpmBaseAddr

Address Name Bits Description

7:6 00: Reserved

5:4

Defines the normal operation or SPM mode

00: I2C in normal operation mode (default)

01: I2C in SPM mode

10: Reserved

11: Reserved

3 Defines r/w direction of SPM

0: SPM write access (default)

1: SPM read access

0x0D SpmCfg

2:0 000: Reserved

Table 23

SPM access configuration

Address Name Bits Description

0x0E SpmBaseAddr 7:0 SPM Base Address (modulo 8).

The lowest address is 0x00 (default)

The highest address is 0x78.

Table 24

SPM Base Address

The exchange of data, read and write, between the host and the SPM is always done in bursts of eight bytes.

The base address of each burst of eight bytes is a modulo 8 number, starting at 0x00 and ending at 0x78.

The registers SpmKeyMsb and SpmKeyLsb are required for NVM programming as described in section 6.7.

Address Name Bits Description

0xAC SpmKeyMsb 7:0 SPM to NVM burn Key MSB Unlock requires writing data: 0x62

Table 25

SPM Key MSB at I2C register address 0xAC

Address Name Bits Description

0xAD SpmKeyLsb 7:0 SPM to NVM burn Key LSB Unlock requires writing data: 0x9D

Table 26

SPM Key LSB

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6.6.1 SPM Write Sequence

The SPM must always be written in blocks of 8 bytes. The sequence is described below:

1. Set the I2C in SPM mode by writing “01” to SpmCfg[5:4] and SPM write access by writing ‘0’ to SpmCfg[3].

2. Write the SPM base address to SpmBaseAddr (The base address needs to be a value modulo 8).

3. Write the eight consecutive bytes to I2C address 0, 1, 2, …7

4. Terminate by writing “000” to SpmCfg[5:3].

Figure 51

SPM write sequence

The complete SPM can be written by repeating 16 times the cycles shown in Figure 51 using base addresses

0x00, 0x08, 0x10,…0x70, 0x78.

Once the SPM write sequence is actually applied, the INTB pin will be asserted. The host clears the interrupt by

reading any I2C register. At the same time the bit GenStatMsb[6], indicating the SPM write is done, will be

cleared.

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6.6.2 SPM Read Sequence

The SPM must always be read in blocks of 8 bytes. The sequence is described below:

1. Set the I2C in SPM mode by writing “01” to SpmCfg[5:4] and SPM read access by writing ‘1’ to SpmCfg[3].

2. Write the SPM base address to SpmBaseAddr (The base address needs to be a value modulo 8).

3. Read the eight consecutive bytes from I2C address 0, 1, 2, …7

4. Terminate by writing “000” to SpmCfg[5:3].

Figure 52

SPM Read Sequence

The complete SPM can be read by repeating 16 times the cycles shown in Figure 52 using base addresses 0x00,

0x08, 0x10,…0x70, 0x78.

Once the SPM read sequence is actually applied, the INTB pin will be asserted. The host clears the interrupt by

reading any I2C register. At the same time the bit GenStatMsb[6], indicating the SPM write is done, will be

cleared.

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6.7 NVM burn

The content of the SPM can be copied permanently (burned) into the NVM to be used as the new default

parameters. The burning of the NVM can be done up to three times and must be done only when the SPM is

completely written with the desired data.

The number of times the NVM has been burned can be monitored by reading NvmCycle from the I2C register

GenStatLsb[7:5].

Figure 53

Simplified Diagram NvmCycle

Figure 53 shows the simplified diagram of the NvmCycle counter. The SX8663 is delivered with empty NVM and

NvmCycle set to zero. The SPM points to the QSM.

Each NVM burn will increase the NvmCycle. At the fourth NVM burn the SX8663 switches definitely to the QSM.

The burning of the SPM into the NVM is done by executing a special sequence of four I2C commands.

1. Write the data 0x62 to the I2C register I2CKeyMsb. Terminate the I2C write by a STOP.

2. Write the data 0x9D to the I2C register I2CKeyLsb. Terminate the I2C write by a STOP.

3. Write the data 0xA5 to the I2C register I2CSpmBaseAddr. Terminate the I2C write by a STOP.

4. Write the data 0x5A to the I2C register I2CSpmBaseAddr. Terminate the I2C write by a STOP.

This is illustrated in Figure 54.

S SA 0 0x0EA 0xA5A PA

S : Start condition

SA : Slave address

A : Slave acknowledge

P : Stop condition

From master to slave

From slave to master

S SA 0 0x0EA 0x5AA PA

S SA 0 0xAC

A0x62A PA

S SA 0 0xADA 0x9DA PA

Figure 54:

NVM burn procedure

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7 A

PPLICATION

NFORMATION

A typical application schematic is shown in figure below.

SX8663

cap2

cap3

cap4

cap5

cap6

cap8

cap7

cap9

gnd

gpio5

gpio4

gpio3

gpio2

gpio1

gpio0

cap1

cap0

vana

resetb

gnd

gpio7

vdig

gpio6

cap10

cap11

vdd

scl

intb

sda

analog sensor

interface

micro processor

RAM

ROM

NVM

I2C

GPIO controller

power management

clock

generation

PWM LED

controller

bottom plate

HOST

30 Capacitive Matrix Buttons +Proximity

30 Matrix LEDs

cap4

cap10

cap8

cap9

cap0

cap7

cap6

cap5

cap3

cap1

cap2

buzzer

proximity

Figure 55

Typical Application

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8 R

EFERENCES

[1] Capacitive Touch Sensing Layout guidelines on www.semtech.com

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ACKAGING

NFORMATION

9.1 Package Outline Drawing

SX8663 is assembled in a MLPQ-W32 package as shown in figure below

Figure 56

Package Outline Drawing

9.2 Land Pattern

The land pattern of MLPQ-W32 package, 5 mm x 5 mm is shown in figure below.

Figure 57

Land Pattern

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