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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Scott Hahn, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Mark T. Van Horn, Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A communications system including a radio frequency identification device including an integrated circuit having a single die including a microprocessor, a receiver coupled to the microprocessor, and a backscatter transmitter coupled to the microprocessor, the integrated circuit having a digital output, and the receiver being configured to receive wireless communications from a remote interrogator; and a digital to analog converter external of the single die and having a digital input coupled to the digital output of the integrated circuit, and having an analog output configured to be coupled to an analog device. A communications method including coupling a digital to analog converter to a radio frequency identification device.