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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Oledworks Gmbh, Aachen, DE;
Inventor:
Christoph Rickers, Wendhausen, DE;
Assignee:
OLEDWORKS GMBH, Aachen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/03 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0884 (2013.01); H05B 33/0896 (2013.01); H05B 37/03 (2013.01); H05K 1/0296 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and associated PCB structure are provided in which a dedicated area of the device substrate is patterned, so that it can be contacted by a readout arrangement of the PCB. The pattern comprises an arrangement of contact regions. Interconnections and open circuits are used to encode information. A dotted contact area of the PCB is used to probe the pattern, and relay this to a driver which can then derive information about the type of device being driven. The driver can thus be controlled accordingly.