Integrated circuit with a housing accommodating the integrated circuit

US6573593B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Erich Syri · Wenzenbach, DE
• Bernd Römer · Burgau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01L2924/0002
• WIPO field: Semiconductors
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit having a housing accommodating the integrated circuit. It being possible for the integrated circuit to be put optionally into one of a plurality of different operating modes by virtue of the selective provision of electrical connections between specific contact points constructed on the integrated circuit. The device described is distinguished by the fact that all the contact points of the integrated circuit which are provided for the operation and configuration of the integrated circuit are connected to terminal elements of the housing with which external contact can be made.