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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chih-Min Liu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Manoj M. Mhala, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14601 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing device includes: a sampling circuit arranged to sample a sensing signal for generating a signal in response to a sampling signal having a monotonically increasing waveform; and a conversion circuit arranged to convert the signal into a digital output signal when the signal reaches a predetermined threshold of the conversion circuit.