Apparatus and method of resetting an electric device

• US 6,232,677 B1
• Filed: 06/02/2000
• Issued: 05/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Round Rock Research LLC
• Original Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
• Inventors: Tuttle, Mark E., Trosper, Scott T.
• Primary Examiner(s): FLEMING, FRITZ M
• Application Number:
  US09/586,327
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 713/300, 713/310, 307/112, 307/116, 307/125, 307/126, 307/130, 307/131, 307/139, 307/140, 307/141.1, 307/150, 323/265, 323/271, 323/273, 323/274, 323/283, 323/284, 327/419
• US Class Current: 307/125
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer

Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus and method of resetting an electric device. One method according to the present invention includes providing an electrical device including a power supply and an electrical component; providing an interconnect; electrically coupling the power supply and the electrical component using the interconnect; shorting the power supply of the electrical device following the coupling; removing the short; and applying power from the power supply to the electrical component via the interconnect. Another method according to the present invention includes providing a substrate; supporting a power supply using the substrate; supporting an electrical component using the substrate; coupling the power supply and the electrical component using an interconnect; temporarily shorting the power supply; and applying power via the interconnect to the electrical component using the power supply.

Claims

1. A reset device configured to reset electrical circuitry of an electrical device, the reset device comprising:

a plurality of connectors adapted to electrically couple with terminals of a power supply coupled with electrical circuitry of an electrical device; and

reset circuitry configured to electrically short the connectors together to short the terminals of the power supply and to remove the short to reset the electrical circuitry of the electrical device.

2. The device according to claim 1 further comprising control circuitry configured to control the electrical short of the connectors and to control the removal of the short.

3. The device according to claim 1 further comprising control circuitry configured to control the electrical short of the connectors responsive to coupling of the connectors with the terminals of the power supply.

4. The device according to claim 1 further comprising an indicator configured to indicate the electrical short of the connectors.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein the reset circuitry is configured to remove the short after the elapse of a predefined period of time.

6. The device according to claim 1 wherein the reset circuitry comprises a switch.

7. A reset device comprising:

a plurality of connectors adapted to electrically couple with a plurality of terminals of a power supply external of the reset device;

reset circuitry configured to electrically short the connectors together to short the terminals of the power supply, and to remove the short; and

control circuitry configured to control the electrical short of the connectors and the removal of the short after the elapse of a predefined period of time, and to control the electrical short of the connectors responsive to coupling of the connectors with the terminals of the power supply.

8. The device according to claim 7 further comprising an indicator configured to indicate the electrical short of the connectors.

9. The device according to claim 7 wherein the reset circuitry comprises a switch.

10. An apparatus comprising:

an electrical communication device including;

a power supply having a plurality of terminals; and

communication circuitry coupled with the power supply; and

a reset device configured to electrically couple with the terminals of the power supply and to electrically short the terminals of the power supply.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the electrical communication device further comprises a conductive adhesive coupled with the power supply and the communication circuitry.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the electrical communication device comprises a radio frequency identification device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the reset device is configured to control the electrical short of the connectors.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the reset device is configured to remove the short after the elapse of a predefined period of time.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein the reset device is configured to control the electrical short of the connectors and to control the removal of the short.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the reset device is configured to control the electrical short of the connectors responsive to coupling of the reset device with the terminals of the power supply.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the reset device is configured to indicate the electrical short.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the reset device comprises a switch configured to electrically short the terminals.

19. A method of resetting an electrical device comprising:

providing a reset device having a plurality of connectors;

coupling the connectors of the reset device with terminals of a power supply of an electrical device;

electrically shorting the connectors with one another to electrically short the power supply of the electrical device; and

removing the short.

20. The method according to claim 19 further comprising controlling the shorting using the reset device.

21. The method according to claim 19 wherein the electrically shorting comprises shorting internally of the reset device.

22. The method according to claim 19 wherein the coupling comprises coupling the connectors of the reset device with terminals of the power supply of the electrical device comprising a radio frequency identification device.

23. The method according to claim 19 wherein the removing comprises removing after the elapse of a predefined period of time.

24. The method according to claim 19 further comprising indicating the shorting.

25. The method according to claim 19 wherein the shorting comprises shorting using a switch.

26. A method of fabricating an electrical communication device comprising:

providing communication circuitry configured to communicate signals;

providing a power supply;

electrically coupling the communication circuity and the power supply;

electrically shorting a plurality of terminals of the power supply with a short circuit; and

removing the short circuit.

27. The method according to claim 26 further comprising controlling the shorting using a reset device.

28. The method according to claim 26 wherein the shorting comprises shorting after the electrical coupling.

29. The method according to claim 26 wherein the coupling comprises applying an adhesive and curing the adhesive.

30. The method according to claim 26 wherein the shorting comprises shorting using a switch.

31. The method according to claim 26 wherein the providing communication circuitry comprises providing radio frequency identification device circuitry.

32. The method according to claim 26 wherein the removing comprises removing after the elapse of a predefined period of time.

33. The method according to claim 26 further comprising indicating the shorting.

34. The method according to claim 26 further comprising coupling a reset device with the terminals of the power supply and the shorting is responsive to the coupling the reset device.