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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Tito Gelsomini, Plano, TX (US);
Giulio G. Marotta, Contigliano, IT;
Sebastiano D'Arrigo, Cannes, FR;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device comprising an integrated circuit and an information unit, said unit being electrically separate from said integrated circuit; an integrated antenna electrically connected with said unit; and an electronic data bank integral with said unit. A method of fabricating an information unit into an integrated circuit chip comprising forming an integrated circuit into a semiconductor substrate using a plurality of process steps; concurrently forming an information unit using a selection of said process steps so that said unit becomes integrated into said chip but remains electrically separate from said integrated circuit; concurrently forming an antenna using a selection of said process steps so that said antenna becomes integrated into said chip and electrically connected to said information unit; providing a data bank within said information unit; and encoding electronic data permanently into said data bank.