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Semiconductor package with incorporated light or temperature sensors and time multiplexing

  • US 9,113,533 B2
  • Filed: 01/23/2009
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A package having at least two pins, the package comprising:

  • a semiconductor structure having a lighting function;

    an electrical circuit comprising at least one circuit element having a sensing function, said circuit element having a diode property and being arranged anti-parallel to the semiconductor structure; and

    wherein the structure and the circuit are electrically connected to the pins;

    wherein the package is operable to only alternately perform the lighting function and the sensing function by time multiplexing a first operating signal with a positive polarity and a second operating signal with a negative polarity across the pins.

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