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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:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Bond Yu-pong Ying, Corvalis, OR (US);
Richard Wesley Garvin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Yan Ping Lim, Albany, OR (US);
Inventors:
Bond Yu-Pong Ying, Corvalis, OR (US);
Richard Wesley Garvin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Yan Ping Lim, Albany, OR (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and corresponding devices for effecting such methods that permit integrated circuits, sensors, chips or dies to be identified. Imperfections or irregularities in pixels or memory cells are used to generate identification codes for integrated circuits, sensors, chips or dies. Addresses or data locations of selected defective pixels or memory cells may be used to generate such identification codes.