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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Tsun Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Shao Liu, Zhubei, TW;
Jui-Cheng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chin-Hua Wen, Toufen Township, TW;
Felix Ying-Kit Tsui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yung-Chow Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of sensing pixels, each sensing pixel including a sensing film portion, a bio-sensing device configured to generate a first signal responsive to an electrical characteristic of the sensing film portion, a first switching device coupled between the bio-sensing device and a first signal path, a temperature-sensing device configured to generate a second signal responsive to a temperature of the sensing film portion, and a second switching device coupled between the temperature-sensing device and a second signal path.