Method and apparatus for interrogating an electronic component
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1. A method for interrogating an electronic component having at least one permanently attached integrated circuit to be interrogated, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one antenna carried by the electronic component;
providing a body functioning as a test access port or system access port carried by and permanently attached to the electronic component, wherein;
the body is an integrated circuit that is separate and distinct from the at least one integrated circuit to be interrogated, wherein at least one of the body and the at least one integrated circuit are separate and distinct from the electronic component;
the body is in communication with the electronic component;
the body has a wireless interface that communicates with an interrogating device via the at least one antenna; and
the body has a logic circuit for converting instructions into signals to be applied to the electronic component;
causing the interrogating device to perform multiple discrete interrogations of the at least one integrated circuit of the electronic component via the wireless interface of the body; and
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 (20), includes a body (18 or 102) having an interface (10, 24, 108 or 154) for an interrogating device (48/50 or 106) to use as a conduit in reliably performing multiple discrete interrogations of the electronic component (20) without the interrogating device physically touching the electronic component (20).
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1. A method for interrogating an electronic component having at least one permanently attached integrated circuit to be interrogated, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one antenna carried by the electronic component; providing a body functioning as a test access port or system access port carried by and permanently attached to the electronic component, wherein; the body is an integrated circuit that is separate and distinct from the at least one integrated circuit to be interrogated, wherein at least one of the body and the at least one integrated circuit are separate and distinct from the electronic component; the body is in communication with the electronic component; the body has a wireless interface that communicates with an interrogating device via the at least one antenna; and the body has a logic circuit for converting instructions into signals to be applied to the electronic component; causing the interrogating device to perform multiple discrete interrogations of the at least one integrated circuit of the electronic component via the wireless interface of the body; and packaging the electronic component in an integrated circuit package after at least one discrete interrogation has been performed.
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2. An apparatus for interrogating an electronic component, the electronic component comprising at least one integrated circuit on a substrate, comprising:
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at least one antenna carried by the electronic component; a body carried by and permanently attached to the substrate of the electronic component, the substrate being suitable for being packaged in an integrated circuit package, the body being hardwired to the at least one integrated circuit, the body being separate and distinct from the at least one integrated circuit, at least one of the body and the at least one integrated circuit being separate and distinct from the substrate of the electronic component, the body comprising; a wireless interface in communication with an interrogating device via the at least one antenna; and a logic circuit for converting instructions from the interrogating device into signals to be applied to the at least one integrated circuit of the electronic component. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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