Patent ID: 9726714
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01R,H05B

Claim:
1. A sensor device comprising a semiconductor device having three terminals including a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, and an output terminal configured to switch an ON/OFF state of an output driver according to a physical quantity applied to a sensor element, the sensor device further comprising: a sensor circuit configured to output a binary sensor output logic signal according to a magnitude of the physical quantity; and an active logic switching circuit configured to receive the binary sensor output logic signal and to execute switching control of the ON/OFF state of the output driver wherein the active logic switching circuit is further configured to switch the logic of the binary sensor output logic signal according to an active logic switching signal generated therein, the active logic switching circuit including an exclusive OR circuit configured to receive the binary sensor output logic signal and the active logic switching signal and output a driver control signal to the output driver.