QT60168C-ASG Atmel, QT60168C-ASG Datasheet - Page 25

• Manufacturer Part Number: QT60168C-ASG
• Description: IC TOUCH SENSOR 16KEY 32TQFP
• Manufacturer: Atmel
• Series: QMatrix™, QProx™r
• Type: Capacitiver

Specifications of QT60168C-ASG

• Number Of Inputs/keys: 16 Key
• Resolution (bits): 9, 11 b
• Data Interface: Serial, SPI™
• Voltage - Supply: 3 V ~ 5 V
• Current - Supply: 25mA
• Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 105°C
• Mounting Type: Surface Mount
• Package / Case: 32-TQFP, 32-VQFP
• Output Type: *
• Interface: *
• Input Type: *
• For Use With: 427-1087 - BOARD EVAL QT60248-AS QMATRIX
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

3.2.5
Touch Sensors Design Guide
Illumination Effects
Figure 3-6.
It is important to note that interconnecting traces should not be run over ground or power planes where
possible, especially when the separation to the plane is small (for example, when the traces and the
ground or power plane are on adjacent layers of a multilayer PCB). Doing so can quickly desensitize the
key. If sensor traces must run close to other foreign signals, avoid tracking them in parallel in order to
reduce the coupling. Where they cross, cross them at 90° for the same reason.
Running interconnections as part of a cable loom is not a good idea in any circumstances. However,
running sensor traces inside a low capacitance coaxial cable can be done as a last resort, but expect low
sensitivity keys.
LEDs that are very close to the sensor should be bypassed as described in
on page
Backlighting can be achieved by using transparent sensor materials or by making a small hole in the
sensor itself to allow light to shine through from behind (see
for simple, low cost backlighting of the key area to back-illuminate a graphic symbol. Properly
constructed, the result will be a very sensitive key even in the middle.
The width of the copper should be at least as wide as the panel is thick to provide adequate coupling; the
electric field penetrates the panel material to “focus” inwards, while being terminated outwards from the
ring by a ground plane. This method works well only if the panel material is thick enough (and with a high
enough 
sensitivity will be lost. If the hole in the middle is too big and/or the panel has a low 
the fields in the middle will be weak and the key will not function as intended.
Remember, too, that the LED looks like a ground load – and a constant one if you have remembered to
bypass it – and this will further reduce sensitivity.
2-7.
r
) to conduct the fields inwards. Remember to keep the hole small: the larger the hole, the more
Gap of at least ½T
between the two traces
³½T
Spacing of Adjacent Traces
Minimum possible for technology and RC time constant
Example for PCB: 0.2 mm
Self-capacitance Zero-dimensional Sensors
Sensor Trace
Figure 3-7 on page
Section 2.4 “Nearby LEDs”
Sensor Trace
3-6). This method allows
r
and/or is too thin,
10620D–AT42–04/09
3-5