SYSTEM FOR ENCODED RF AND ENCODED MAGNETIC FIELD COMMUNICATION AND METHOD THEREFOR - Patent 0995166

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EP 0 995 166 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/17

(21)	Application number: 99921714.4

(22)	Date of filing: 06.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06K 7/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9909/893

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9957/676 (11.11.1999 Gazette 1999/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

07.05.1998 US 74730

(71)	Applicant: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.
	Chandler, AZ 85224-6199 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BRUWER, Frederick, J. Lyttleton Pretoria 0140 (ZA) SMIT, Willem Chandler, AZ 85248 (US) VAN NIEKERK, Johannes, A. Chandler, AZ 85048 (US)

(74)	Representative: Frohwitter, Bernhard, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte,Possartstrasse 20 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	SYSTEM FOR ENCODED RF AND ENCODED MAGNETIC FIELD COMMUNICATION AND METHOD THEREFOR