Patent ID: 8373429

Claim:
A method for interrogating an electronic component, comprising: providing an electronic component comprising multiple discrete circuits on a substrate; providing a body functioning as a test access port or system access port, the body having an interface with an antenna for communication with a non-contact wireless interrogating device, the body having a logic circuit for converting instructions from the non-contact wireless interrogating device into control signals, communication signals or both to be applied to the electronic component, the body being separate and distinct from the interrogating device and the discrete circuits of the electronic component; securing the body to the substrate of the electronic component and hardwiring the body to at least one discrete circuit of the electronic component, the body being carried by the electronic component; performing multiple discrete interrogations of the discrete circuits via the interface of the body without the interrogating device physically touching the electronic component; packaging the electronic component in an integrated circuit package after at least one discrete interrogation has been performed.