Microchip Technology Inc.

Gideon Jacobus K{umlaut Over (u)}hn

Frederick Johannes Bruwer

Willem Smit

Encoder and decoder microchips suitable for use in secure unidirectional remote control devices. The encoder microchip includes circuits for performing and encoding function on an identification number embedded in the microchip and a combination of a characterization number and a stepping counter value, so as to generate a transmission value which is only decidable by a related decoding function having access to the same identification number. The decoder microchip includes circuits for decoding the transmission value into a decoded characterization number and a decoded counter value and circuits for comparing the decoded counter value with a decoded counter value range. The encoder and decoder microchips are also provided with means for synchronizing the decoder microchip with a particular encoder microchip which has generated a synchronization command.

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Gideon Jacobus K{umlaut Over (u)}hn