Light emitting diode switch device and array
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1. A touch input circuit, comprising:
- a light emitting diode switch device including;
at least one electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact;
a first polarity lead electrically connected to the first polarity contact;
a second polarity lead electrically connected to the second polarity contact;
a first touch sensor structure of a unitary construction defined by a first touch sensor lead section, a first touch sensor contact section, and a first touch sensor lead frame section;
a case encapsulating the electroluminescent semiconductor element, the first touch sensor contact section, and the first touch sensor lead frame section;
wherein an entire structural contiguity of the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section are unexposed on an outer surface of the case, the first touch sensor contact section extending into the case with galvanic isolation of the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section being maintained relative to an exterior of the case while dielectric conduction from the exterior of the case to the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section is allowed;
at least one touch input transmission line electrically connected to the first touch sensor lead section of the light emitting diode switch device;
a touch input controller with an input that is singularly receptive to a capacitive touch input upon the light emitting diode switch device, a capacitive change to the first touch sensor contact section being conducted through an entire structural contiguity of the first touch sensor structure to the input of the touch input controller over the touch input transmission line.
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Abstract
An LED switch device and a matrix thereof are disclosed. There is an electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact. There is also a first polarity LED lead frame, to which the electroluminescent semiconductor element is mounted. The first polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element is electrically connected to the first polarity LED lead frame. The LED switch device has a second polarity LED lead frame electrically connected to the second polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element. The LED switch device also has a touch sensor lead frame that is electrically connected to a touch sensor lead.
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19 Claims
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1. A touch input circuit, comprising:
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a light emitting diode switch device including; at least one electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact; a first polarity lead electrically connected to the first polarity contact; a second polarity lead electrically connected to the second polarity contact; a first touch sensor structure of a unitary construction defined by a first touch sensor lead section, a first touch sensor contact section, and a first touch sensor lead frame section; a case encapsulating the electroluminescent semiconductor element, the first touch sensor contact section, and the first touch sensor lead frame section; wherein an entire structural contiguity of the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section are unexposed on an outer surface of the case, the first touch sensor contact section extending into the case with galvanic isolation of the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section being maintained relative to an exterior of the case while dielectric conduction from the exterior of the case to the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section is allowed; at least one touch input transmission line electrically connected to the first touch sensor lead section of the light emitting diode switch device; a touch input controller with an input that is singularly receptive to a capacitive touch input upon the light emitting diode switch device, a capacitive change to the first touch sensor contact section being conducted through an entire structural contiguity of the first touch sensor structure to the input of the touch input controller over the touch input transmission line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A combination input and output device, comprising:
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a light emitting diode driver integrated circuit including a plurality of independent output lines; a capacitive touch input controller integrated circuit including a plurality of independent input lines; a plurality of touch input transmission lines electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of independent input lines; and an array of light emitting diode switch devices, each device including; at least one electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact; a first polarity lead electrically connected to the first polarity contact; a second polarity lead electrically connected to the second polarity contact; a first touch sensor structure defined by a first touch sensor lead section, a first touch sensor contact section, and a first touch sensor lead frame section, the first touch sensor structure electrically connected to an independent capacitive touch sensor controller input and singularly receptive to a capacitive touch input, a capacitance change to the first touch sensor contact section in response to the capacitive touch input being conducted through an entire structural contiguity of the first touch sensor structure to a single one of the plurality of independent input lines of the capacitive touch input controller over a corresponding single one of the plurality of touch input transmission lines; and a case encapsulating the electroluminescent semiconductor element, the first touch sensor contact section, and the first touch sensor lead frame section, the first touch sensor contact section and the first touch sensor lead frame section being unexposed on an outer surface of the case, with galvanic isolation of the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section being maintained relative to an exterior of the case while dielectric conduction from the exterior of the case to the first touch sensor lead frame section and the first touch sensor contact section is allowed; wherein the first touch sensor structure detects capacitive touch input that at least partially corresponds to a position within the array of the one of the light emitting diode switch devices on which the capacitive touch input was detected. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A surface mount device (SMD) package light emitting diode switch device, comprising:
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an SMD package carrier with an open top and an interior defined by a plurality of sidewalls and an interior floor opposed to the open top; a plurality of leads extending outwardly from sidewalls of the SMD package carrier; a first lead frame structurally contiguous and in electrical communication with a first one of the plurality of leads and laterally extending in the interior of the SMD package carrier in a parallel relationship to the interior floor and fixed at least partially within the SMD package carrier; a second lead frame structurally contiguous and in electrical communication with a second one of the plurality of leads and laterally extending in the interior of the SMD package carrier in a parallel relationship to the interior floor and fixed at least partially within the SMD package carrier; a first electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity electrode and a second polarity electrode, the first electroluminescent semiconductor element being mounted on the first lead frame with the first polarity electrode being in electrical communication therewith, and a second polarity electrode being electrically connected to the second lead frame with the second polarity electrode being in electrical communication therewith; a first touch sensor lead frame structurally contiguous and in electrical communication with a third one of the plurality of leads and laterally extending in the interior of the SMD package carrier in a parallel relationship to the interior floor and fixed at least partially within the SMD package carrier; a first touch sensor contact in electrical communication with the first touch sensor lead frame, the first touch sensor contact extending in a substantially orthogonal relationship to the first touch sensor lead frame and the interior floor; a partially translucent case enclosing the open top of the SMD package carrier, the first touch sensor contact and the electroluminescent semiconductor element being unexposed on an outer surface of the case, with galvanic isolation of the first touch sensor contact being maintained relative to an exterior of the case while dielectric conduction from the exterior of the case to the first touch sensor contact is allowed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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