Patent ID: 7199304

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a settable bit on a carrier substrate having a conductive trace, the settable bit including at least a first, a second, and a third bit pads, the first bit pad adapted to be in electrical communication with a circuit device through the conductive trace, the second bit pad to provide a first electrical state, and the third bit pad to provide a second electrical state, the first, the second, and the third bit pads being electrically separated; and selectively setting the settable bit to provide one of at least three electrical states to the circuit device, the selective setting including either configuring the settable bit by depositing an electrically conductive material between the first and the second bit pads electrically coupling the first and second bit pads to provide the first electrical state, configuring the settable bit by depositing an electrically conductive material between the first and the third bit pads to provide the second electrical state, or configuring the settable bit by electrically isolating the first bit pad from the second and third bit pads to provide a third electrical state; and wherein said providing comprises providing a settable bit including at least a first, a second, and a third bit pad that are configured on the carrier substrate to form a disk shape; and wherein said providing comprises providing a settable bit including at least a first, a second, and a third bit pads, each of the first, the second, and the third bit pads being same type of bit pads of substantially equal-sized portions that when combined form a disk.