Patent ID: 8570284

Claim:
A packaged display device, comprising: a printed circuit board having a common housing mounted thereon; a first plurality of light-emitting elements, forming an annular bar graph, mounted within the common housing on the printed circuit board; a second plurality of light-emitting elements, forming a multi-segment display within the annular bar graph, also mounted within the common housing on the printed circuit board; and wherein both of the first plurality of light-emitting elements and the second plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged electrically as a matrix between both of a first group of terminals on the printed circuit board and a second group of terminals on the printed circuit board such that a selected light-emitting element of either of the first plurality or second plurality of light-emitting elements is activated through switching a plurality of individual terminals included in the first group and second group of terminals that collectively identify the selected light-emitting element to be activated, and wherein the first group of terminals and the second group of terminals are configured for surface mounting the packaged display device to another printed circuit board.