Device and Method for Selectively Controlling the Utility of an Integrated Circuit Device
First Claim
30. A controlled integrated circuit device, comprising:
- an integrated circuit having a power-input line;
a wireless communication device, comprising;
a switch connected to the power-input line, the state of the switch set responsive to a received wireless signal;
a circuit power source connected to the switch; and
wherein the state of the switch is set to selectably apply power to the integrated circuit.
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Abstract
A radio frequency controller device is provided that enables the utility of an integrated circuit (IC) device using an RF communication. The radio frequency controller device has a switch that is set to a defined state responsive to the RF communication. More particularly, conditional logic circuitry uses the RF communication to determine if the IC'"'"'s utility should be changed, and sets the state of the switch accordingly. The radio frequency controller device also has an IC interface that allows the IC to determine the state of the switch, and based on the state of the switch, a different utility will be available for the integrated circuit device. The radio frequency controller device also has an antenna for the RF communication, as well as a demodulator/modulator circuit.
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37 Claims
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30. A controlled integrated circuit device, comprising:
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an integrated circuit having a power-input line;
a wireless communication device, comprising;
a switch connected to the power-input line, the state of the switch set responsive to a received wireless signal;
a circuit power source connected to the switch; and
wherein the state of the switch is set to selectably apply power to the integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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34-1. The controlled integrated circuit device according to claim 30, wherein the integrated circuit is a circuit section selected from the group consisting of:
microprocessor, microcontroller, field programmable gate array, memory chip, and memory card.
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35-2. The controlled integrated circuit device according to claim 34, wherein the microprocessor is selected from the group consisting of:
- Intel Itanium 2, Intel Xeon, Intel Pentium, AMD Opteron, AMD Turion, and AMD Athlon.
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36-3. The controlled integrated circuit device according to claim 34, wherein the field programmable gate array is selected from the group consisting of:
- Altera Stratix II, Altera Cyclone, Altera MaxII, Silinx Virtex, Xilinx Spartan, Xilinx CoolRunner, Lattice SC, Lattice XP, and Lattice ECP2.
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37-4. The controlled integrated circuit device according to claim 34, wherein the memory card is selected from the group consisting of:
- PC memory module, SD card, CF card, XD card, USB flash drive, and microdrive.
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