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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Tsun Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Shao Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Jui-Cheng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chin-Hua Wen, Hsinchu, TW;
Felix Ying-Kit Tsui, Hsinchu, TW;
Yung-Chow Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of operating an integrated circuit includes using a first switching device to couple a bio-sensing device to a first signal path, generating, using the bio-sensing device, a bio-sensing signal on the first signal path in response to an electrical characteristic of a sensing film, using a second switching device to couple a temperature-sensing device to a second signal path, and generating, using the temperature-sensing device, a temperature-sensing signal on the second signal path in response to a temperature of the sensing film. The first and second switching devices, the bio-sensing device, the temperature-sensing device, and the sensing film are components of a sensing pixel of a plurality of sensing pixels of the integrated circuit.