Patent ID: 8390307

Claim:
A method for interrogating an electronic component having at least one permanently attached integrated circuit to be interrogated, the method comprising the steps of: providing at least one antenna carried by the electronic component; providing a body functioning as a test access port or system access port carried by and permanently attached to the electronic component, wherein: the body is an integrated circuit that is separate and distinct from the at least one integrated circuit to be interrogated, wherein at least one of the body and the at least one integrated circuit are separate and distinct from the electronic component; the body is in communication with the electronic component; the body has a wireless interface that communicates with an interrogating device via the at least one antenna; and the body has a logic circuit for converting instructions into signals to be applied to the electronic component; causing the interrogating device to perform multiple discrete interrogations of the at least one integrated circuit of the electronic component via the wireless interface of the body; and packaging the electronic component in an integrated circuit package after at least one discrete interrogation has been performed.