US Patent:
20020018513, Feb 14, 2002
Inventors:
Stephen Curry - Dallas TX, US
Michael Bolan - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Deierling - Dallas TX, US
William Payne - Garland TX, US
Hal Kurkowski - Dallas TX, US
Donald Dias - Carrollton TX, US
Gary Zanders - Dallas TX, US
Robert Lee - Denton TX, US
Guenter Lehmann - The Colony TX, US
Assignee:
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
International Classification:
G01K007/00
G01K007/01
US Classification:
374/178000, 374/163000, 374/170000
Abstract:
Serial bus modules with unique multibit identifications that may be searched with multiple modules on a single bus. Modules may contain temperature history per integrated Arrhenius temperature dependent signal. Modules may be packaged as tokens or as two or three lead plastic plastic, also with the three lead packages further functionality as sensors or switches may be incorporated into the modules.