Method and apparatus for interrogating an electronic component
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1. A method for interrogating an electronic component, comprising:
- providing an electronic component comprising multiple discrete circuits on a substrate;
providing a body functioning as a test access port or system access port, the body having an interface with an antenna for communication with a non-contact wireless interrogating device, the body having a logic circuit for converting instructions from the non-contact wireless interrogating device into control signals, communication signals or both to be applied to the electronic component, the body being separate and distinct from the interrogating device and the discrete circuits of the electronic component;
securing the body to the substrate of the electronic component and hardwiring the body to at least one discrete circuit of the electronic component, the body being carried by the electronic component;
performing multiple discrete interrogations of the discrete circuits via the interface of the body without the interrogating device physically touching the electronic component;
packaging the electronic component in an integrated circuit package after at least one discrete interrogation has been performed.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for interrogating an electronic component, includes a body having an interface for an interrogating device to use as a conduit in reliably performing multiple discrete interrogations of the electronic component without the interrogating device physically touching the electronic component.
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1. A method for interrogating an electronic component, comprising:
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providing an electronic component comprising multiple discrete circuits on a substrate; providing a body functioning as a test access port or system access port, the body having an interface with an antenna for communication with a non-contact wireless interrogating device, the body having a logic circuit for converting instructions from the non-contact wireless interrogating device into control signals, communication signals or both to be applied to the electronic component, the body being separate and distinct from the interrogating device and the discrete circuits of the electronic component; securing the body to the substrate of the electronic component and hardwiring the body to at least one discrete circuit of the electronic component, the body being carried by the electronic component; performing multiple discrete interrogations of the discrete circuits via the interface of the body without the interrogating device physically touching the electronic component; packaging the electronic component in an integrated circuit package after at least one discrete interrogation has been performed. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An apparatus for interrogating an electronic component, comprising:
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an electronic component comprising multiple discrete circuits on a substrate suitable for being packaged in an integrated circuit package a body functioning as a test access port or system access port secured to and carried by the substrate, the body being hardwired to at least one discrete circuit of the electronic component, the body being separate and distinct from an interrogating device and the discrete circuits of the electronic component, the body having an interface with an antenna for wireless communication with the interrogating device, the body having a logic circuit for converting instructions from the non-contact wireless interrogating device into control signals, communication signals or both to be applied to the discrete circuits. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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