Capacitive Sensors

METHODE’S HIGH PERFORMANCE CAPACITIVE TOUCH TECHNOLOGY

HighPerTouch® capacitive touch technology is a new innovative solution to common issues related to capacitive touch such as glove performance, water interference, and thick inconsistent substrates. HighPerTouch® technology works with conventional capacitive touch architectures by simply replacing some libraries on the touch microcontroller chip with the HighPerTouch® code. This small change means many of the traditional limitations of capacitive touch are eliminated. Using HighPerTouch® also allows for an air gap between the printed circuit board and touch surface panel, opening up new mechanical and industrial design possibilities such as enabling the electronics to be serviceable separate from the expensive decorated substrate.

Advantages & Features of HighPerTouch®

Greater signal-to-noise ratio
Improved glove performance
Thicker substrates
Works with inconsistent and curved substrates
Allows for air gap between printed circuit board and substrate
Improved water immunity

Improved saline performance
Adhesive-free mounting
Software Algorithm can be flashed onto most off-the-shelf touch microcontrollers from Atmel, Cypress, and Microchip, and others.
Works with both mutual and self-capacitance

Performance Category	HighPerTouch®	Conventional Touch
Conducted Immunity	3V, 6V & 10V	3V, 6V & 10V
Water Drip Test	Yes	No
Water Spray Test	Yes	Yes
Response Time‹ 100ms	Yes	Yes
Substrate Thickness Variation (mm)	0.5, 1, 1.5 & 2	0.5
Air Gap (mm)	0.5 & 1	No
Glove (leather and/or knit)	Yes	No

FIELD EFFECT SENSING

METHODE’S FLUID LEVEL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

Eliminate mechanical float switch failures by engaging TouchSensor on your next fluid level sensing application.

Designed to operate in various water based applications and using Field Effect technology Methode’s Fluid Level Sensor Technology is yet another innovative milestone that can sense through glass, plastic or any other non-conductive type of material up to 10mm of thickness.

Whether it’s a water reservoir in a coffee maker, a bilge pump in a boat, or a home sump pump, TouchSensor provides fluid level sensing solutions for a variety of custom and standard applications utilizing our patented Field-Effect technology.

Since their introduction in 1997, Field-Effect sensor technology has been successfully used in a wide variety of consumer applications with over 160 million units sold. In fluid level sensing applications, they have become the de facto standard in marine and recreational vehicle applications where fluid sensing, control, and monitoring are a critical need. Field-Effect has earned the recognition in the harshest environments as a proven, reliable, solid-state switching technology.

Watch our Fluid Level Sensing Technology Video

Capacitive Sensors

METHODE’S HIGH PERFORMANCE CAPACITIVE TOUCH TECHNOLOGY​

Advantages & Features of HighPerTouch®​

FIELD EFFECT SENSING​

METHODE’S FLUID LEVEL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY​

METHODE’S HIGH PERFORMANCE CAPACITIVE TOUCH TECHNOLOGY

Advantages & Features of HighPerTouch®

FIELD EFFECT SENSING

METHODE’S FLUID LEVEL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY