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Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Ams Ag, Unterpremstaetten, AT;

Inventor:

Gonggui Xu, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

ams AG, Unterpremstaetten, AT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/4204 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor arrangement for light sensing and temperature sensing comprises a first sensor input () for connecting a temperature sensor () and a second sensor input () for connecting a light sensor (), in particular an ambient light sensor. A sensor switch (S) electrically connects either the first or the second sensor input () to an integration input () of an integrating analog-to-digital converter (). A reference circuit () connects to the integration input () via a first switch (S). A first reference input () of the integrating analog-to-digital converter () is to be connected with a first reference potential (Vb). A counter () connects to an integration output () of the integrating analog-to-digital converter (). And a controller unit () connects to the counter () and is designed to control the first switch (S) depending on an integrated sensor signal (Vout) integrated by the integrating analog-to-digital converter ().


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