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US 6,445,242 B2Granted
Fuse selectable pinout package
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsBryan E. Bloodworth, Paul M. Emerson, Glenn C. Mayfield, Echere Iroaga
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Abstract
An integrated circuit having a pinout configuration, having a first configuration of pins and a circuit to change the integrated circuit to a second configuration of pins.
Claims3
An integrated circuit having at least two pin configurations, comprising:
- said integrated circuit having a first circuit for connection to a first disk drive head and for connection to a second disk drive head;
- wherein said integrated circuit has a first pin configuration corresponding to a function for connection of said first circuit to said first disk drive head and a circuit to change said integrated circuit to a second pin configuration corresponding to said function for connection of said first circuit to said second disk drive head from said first pin configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.