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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1994
Stephen M Curry, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael L Bolan, Dallas, TX (US);
Kevin E Deierling, Dallas, TX (US);
William Lee Payne, II, Garland, TX (US);
Hal Kurkowski, Dallas, TX (US);
Donald R Dias, Carrollton, TX (US);
Gary V Zanders, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert D Lee, Denton, TX (US);
Guenter H Lehmann, The Colony, TX (US);
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of communicating information between a host device and a potentially portable module device which measures thermal accumulation over time via a temperature controlled counter. The temperature controlled counter may operate using substantially Arrhenius' law. The host device communicates with the portable module via a single wire bidirectional data bus. The single wire bus and one-wire communication protocol allows data flow between a host and a plurality of devices connected to the single wire bus. The single wire bus allows for a great versatility of uses for the portable module.