Integrated circuit with wireless freshness seal
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1. An integrated circuit, comprising:
- input contacts connectable to an antenna;
a battery terminal, for connection to a battery;
enable logic, connected to said input contacts, comprising insulated gate field effect transistors which are connected to turn on only when the antenna provides a voltage greater than the threshold voltage of said transistors; and
other circuits, on a common integrated circuit with said enable logic, which have significant standby power consumption requirements and which are selectably connected to said battery terminal;
wherein said enable logic is connected to selectively disable said other circuits, and does not permit said other circuits to operate until said enable logic has detected a strong electromagnetically radiated signal at a predetermined low frequency.
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Abstract
A micropowered module containing an integrated circuit packaged with a battery. The module is originally in a state of zero power consumption. When the module is to be put into use, a very strong electromagnetic field is applied at a predetermined frequency. A preset pulse code at this frequency will activate logic elements to keep the integrated circuit turned on, in active or standby mode. In standby mode, the power from the battery will avoid data loss.
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1. An integrated circuit, comprising:
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input contacts connectable to an antenna; a battery terminal, for connection to a battery; enable logic, connected to said input contacts, comprising insulated gate field effect transistors which are connected to turn on only when the antenna provides a voltage greater than the threshold voltage of said transistors; and other circuits, on a common integrated circuit with said enable logic, which have significant standby power consumption requirements and which are selectably connected to said battery terminal; wherein said enable logic is connected to selectively disable said other circuits, and does not permit said other circuits to operate until said enable logic has detected a strong electromagnetically radiated signal at a predetermined low frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An integrated circuit module, comprising:
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a battery; an antenna, which can receive electromagnetic radiation at frequencies including a predetermined low frequency; enable logic, connected to said antenna, comprising insulated gate field effect transistors which are connected to turn on only when the antenna provides a voltage greater than the threshold voltage of said transistors; and other circuits, at least some of which are included on a common integrated circuit with said enable circuit, which have significant standby power consumption requirements and which are connected to be selectably powered by said battery; wherein said enable logic is connected to selectively disable said other circuits, and does not permit said other circuits to operate until said enable logic has detected a strong electromagnetically radiated signal at a predetermined low frequency. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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