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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Herbert Hopfgartner, Lieserbruecke, AT;
Alexander Mayer, Treffen, AT;
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of devices on the integrated circuit. Each device includes a driving circuit, an individual contact pad coupled to a first terminal of the driving circuit, and a switch having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the driving circuit. Also, the integrated circuit includes a shared contact pad coupled to a second terminal of each switch of the plurality of devices. The integrated circuit also includes a controller coupled to each switch of the plurality of devices, where the controller is configured to selectively control each switch to couple each driving circuit to the shared contact pad.