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Integrated circuit having metal substrate used to provide electrical indication of operation mode of circuits

US5070258A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 1990
Grant dateDec 3, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K1/144
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit disclosed in this application includes a circuit board in which a conductive layer having a desired pattern is formed on a metal substrate through an insulating layer, and a circuit element group mounted on the insulating layer and connected to the predetermined conductive layer. A judgment circuit for discriminating on the basis of a potential of the metal substrate which one of at least two different logic processing modes is set is formed on the insulating layer. The circuit element group includes a circuit element including a logic processing unit having at least two different logic processing contents. The circuit element selectively switches and executes a logic processing operation corresponding to the logic processing mode discriminated by the judgment circuit from the at least two different logic processing contents.

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