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TOUCH SWITCH

Presented
by,

A.Charumathi.
Contents
• What is a touch switch?
• Types
• Circuit A
• Circuit B
• Circuit C
• Applications
• Conclusion
What is a touch switch?
• A touch switch is an
electronic device that enables us to control a circuit by simply touching a se

• This is done by the concept of touching a plate (or two plates


separated by a small gap) and turning a circuit ON or OFF.

• A TOUCH PLATE is a high impedance device (or high impedance circuit) as the
effect of a finger will be detected by the circuit connected to the plate.

• If the circuit has two plates, it will be registering the resistance


of your finger. If the circuit has 4 plates, it will use two to turn
the circuit ON and two to turn the circuit OFF.
Types
• Touch a set of pads and the project turns on. When the finger
is removed, the circuit turns off. The finger can touch the pads
for any length of time. We also include the feature where the
circuit extends the ON period, so the circuit stays on for a
length of time after the finger is removed. This is shown in
Circuits A.

• Touch a set of pads fairly quickly and the project turns on.
Touch the pads again for a short period of time and the circuit
turns off. This is called the "Flip-Flop" effect. If the finger is
kept on the pads, the circuit will turn on-off-on-off at a rate of
about once per second. This is shown in Circuits B.

• Touch one set of pads to turn the circuit on and another set of
pads to turn the circuit off.
This is shown in Circuits C.
Circuit A
• It is called a "super-Alpha
pair" and is actually identical
to a single transistor with a
very high gain.
Putting a finger on the touch
pads turns the top transistor
ON and this transistor turns
on the bottom transistor.
When the finger is removed,
the circuit consumes less
than a microamp
High impedence input?
• The output will go low and your
finger will not be able to create
a HIGH-LOW voltage change.
• The input impedance of a gate
can be considered to be very
high (greater than 10M).
• When the "super-alpha" pair is
connected to the touch switch,
the voltage on the "output" of
the touch pad will not rise
above 1.3v.
• This is due to the base-emitter
junctions of the two transistors.

• The output of the super-alpha


pair will be low. When a finger
is placed on the touch pads, the
output of the super-alpha pair
will rise.
Using 555 Timer
• The 555 consumes
8mA, at all times when
the supply is
connected. The circuit
turns on the LED when
the finger is applied and
pin 7 becomes "open
circuit." This allows the
10u to charge via the
100k resistor and when
pin 6 detects a HIGH,
the LED turns off. The
finger should be
removed before this
occurs.
Circuit B
• The following circuits show a "flip-Flop"
effect. The circuit changes state, each time
the touch pads are touched.
Using Gates
Using IC
Improved Circuit
Circuit C
• These circuits have two touch plates. One
touch plate turns the circuit on and the other
plate turns the circuit off.
Using 555 Timer
Using IC
Touch Switch in projects

• Touch buttons consist of a small carbon block mounted in


silicon rubber and when the button is pressed, the carbon
block touches the pad and reduces the resistance between the
two interleaved tracks.
• When a finger is applied, the resistance between the lines
drops to between 150k and 850k, depending on the pressure
and moisture in the finger.
Applications
• Doorknob Alarm
• Relays
• Capacitance to Digital converter
technology….etc.
Doorknob Alarm
Entire circuit
Conclusion
• It is very simple .
• It is cheap.
• It takes only 100ns to operate the
circuit.
• It is used in various applications due to
its quicker response.

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