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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:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Tobias Buehler, Graz, AT;
Holger Haiplik, Swindon, GB;
Thomas Jessenig, Klagenfurt, AT;
Manfred Lueger, Preding, AT;
Inventors:
Tobias Buehler, Graz, AT;
Holger Haiplik, Swindon, GB;
Thomas Jessenig, Klagenfurt, AT;
Manfred Lueger, Preding, AT;
Assignee:
Austriamicrosystems AG, Unterpremstatten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output for providing a comparison result. The first input is connected to a readable component having a predefined value, and the second input is connected to a reference component. A control unit is at the output of the comparator. The control unit controls at least one function block based on the comparison result.