Identification of Miniaturized Electronic Assembly Using Identification Features on Multiple Components

A method for generating an identification number of an assembly, comprising:

• marking components of the assembly and/or portions of the assembly with a sequence of coded portions of the identification number of the assembly;
• reading the coded portions with a reader in a predetermined sequence;
• the predetermined sequence corresponding to the identification number of the assembly as represented by the coded portions;
• and
• decrypting, with a processor, the read coded portions to generate the identifier of the assembly.

A system for identifying an assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of markers provided on components and/or portions of the assembly, wherein each marker of the plurality of markers comprises a type of marker and each type of marker is further associated with a proxy value which comprises a sub-block of an identifier of the assembly;
• a reader capable of reading the plurality of markers by at least one of a scanning sequence, a data acquisition sequence, and a data processing sequence;
• and
• a processor receiving data from the reader corresponding to the read markers and decrypting the received data to determine the respective proxy values and generate an identifier of the assembly.