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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Hendrik Klootwijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Marleen Mescher, Eindhoven, NL;
Manuel Eduardo Alarcon-Rivero, Eindhoven, NL;
Nico Maris Adriaan De Wild, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Integrated circuit () comprising a semiconductor substrate (); an insulating layer () over said substrate; an first transistor () on said insulating layer, said first transistor comprising an exposed channel region () in between a source region () and a drain region (); and a voltage waveform generator () conductively coupled to the semiconductor substrate for providing the first transistor with a bias voltage during a signal acquisition period, wherein the voltage waveform generator is arranged to generate an alternating bias voltage waveform () comprising a periodically increasing amplitude. A sensing apparatus including such an integrated circuit and a sensing method using such an integrated circuit are also disclosed.