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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1997
Dave E. Charlton, Star, ID (US);
Roland Ochoa, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
With the present invention, a component may be identified based upon selected physical characteristics of the component. In one embodiment, a system is provided for storing information pertaining to components within a set of components. A characterization function, which is a function of relevant physical characteristics shared by each component within the set of components, is associated with the set of components. The system includes a characterization value test station and a database. The characterization value test station is used to determine the characterization values of the components pursuant to the characterization function. The database stores information that pertains to each component with the component's characterization value linked as an identifier to the information. In this manner, information pertaining to a component may be retrieved from the database based on the component's characterization value.