Claims
- 1. An electronic circuit, comprising:an integrated circuit with a plurality of contact points and a plurality of different operating modes each definable by selecting various combinations of electrical connections between the contact points; a housing accommodating said integrated circuit and having terminal elements for providing external contact, the contact points of the integrated circuit provided for defining the plurality of different operating modes and configuration of the integrated circuit being connected to the terminal elements and thereby externally accessible via said corresponding terminal elements of said housing.
- 2. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein said integrated circuit is a memory device suitable for equipping a single inline memory module (SIMM).
- 3. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein said integrated circuit is a memory device suitable for equipping a dual inline memory module (DIMM).
- 4. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein said housing is a chip scaled package (CSP) housing.
- 5. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein said housing is a ball grid array (BGA) housing.
- 6. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein all of said terminal elements of said housing are disposed such that said terminal elements can be soldered to corresponding terminal points on a printed circuit board.
- 7. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of different operating modes are provided for permanently adapting said integrated circuit for individual use at an individual location of use of said integrated circuit.
- 8. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein said integrated circuit is a memory device, a choice of an operating mode making it possible to define at least one of an organizational form of said memory device and the operating mode of said memory device.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of copending International Application PCT/DE97/02067, filed Sep. 15, 1997, which designated the United States.
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