Electronic memory device having a non-peripheral contact for reading and writing
AssigneeGay Freres S.A.
InventorJean-Claude Berney
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Abstract
An electronic miniaturized memory device according to the invention has at least one integrated memory circuit (2,20) and an interconnection interface (3), said memory device comprises a case (1) being a housing for an electronic subsystem (17), said interconnection interface (3) comprises at least one central contact (7,70) for electrically contacting at least one integrated memory circuit (2,20) and said case (1) comprises projecting portion (14) facilitating the attaching of the memory device to a support (8), allowing the memory device to document information relative to the curriculum vitae of the support (8) or to elements in its environment.
Claims15
An electronic miniaturized memory device, comprising
- at least one integrated memory circuit (2,20),
- an interconnection interface (3) connected to said integrated memory circuit,
- a case (1) surrounding and serving as a protective housing for an electronic subsystem (17), and
- fixation means, selected from the group consisting of a screw and a rivet, for attaching said memory device to a support,
- wherein said interconnection interface includes at least one peripheral contact (700) and a second, non-peripheral, contact (7,70), adapted for use in writing information to, and reading information from, the memory device, thereby allowing the memory device to document information concerning the specific support to which it is attached.
A method of using a miniaturized memory device having
- at least one integrated memory circuit (2,20),
- an interconnection interface (3) connected to said integrated memory circuit,
- a case (1) surrounding, and serving as a protective housing for, an electronic subsystem (17), and
- fixation means for attaching said memory device to a support (8),
- wherein said interconnection interface (3) includes at least one peripheral contact (700) and a second, non-peripheral, contact (7,70), adapted for use in writing information to, and teasing information from, the memory device,
- comprising the steps of
- securing said memory device to a support (8) in the form of a printed circuit board and
- applying voltage signals to said contacts, thereby writing into said memory device, allowing the memory device to document information concerning the specific printed circuit board to which it has been secured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.