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Apparatus and method for identifying an integrated device

US5832419A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateDec 20, 1996
Grant dateNov 3, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F7/0886
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus identifies an integrated circuit. The apparatus includes a portable housing that has mounted thereto a processing circuit for reading identification data stored in the integrated circuit. A communication device is mounted to the housing and couples the identification data from the integrated circuit to the processing circuit. A display device that is mounted to the housing and is coupled to the processing circuit displays the identification data.

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