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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Dan Sweet, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Triton Hurd, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dan Sweet, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Triton Hurd, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a reconfigurable stripe reader configured to receive read head signals corresponding to states on a magnetic stripe. The reconfigurable stripe reader can have a first configuration with a first routing of the read head signals to detect an initiation of a swipe of the magnetic stripe from the read head signals. The reconfigurable stripe reader can have a second configuration with a second routing of the read head signals to read data stored on the magnetic stripe from the read head signals during the swipe of the magnetic stripe.