© 2002 Microchip Technology Inc.

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Information contained in this publication regarding device

applications and the like is intended through suggestion only

and may be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to

ensure that your application meets with your specifications.

No representation or warranty is given and no liability is

assumed by Microchip Technology Incorporated with respect

to the accuracy or use of such information, or infringement of

patents or other intellectual property rights arising from such

use or otherwise. Use of Microchip’s products as critical com-

ponents in life support systems is not authorized except with

express written approval by Microchip. No licenses are con-

veyed, implicitly or otherwise, under any intellectual property

rights.

Trademarks

The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, FilterLab,

PRO MATE, SEEVAL and The Embedded Control Solutions

Company are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology

Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.

dsPIC, ECONOMONITOR, FanSense, FlexROM, fuzzyLAB,

In-Circuit Serial Programming, ICSP, ICEPIC, microID,

microPort, Migratable Memory, MPASM, MPLIB, MPLINK,

MPSIM, MXDEV, PICC, PICDEM, PICDEM.net, rfPIC, Select

Mode and Total Endurance are trademarks of Microchip

Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A.

Serialized Quick Turn Programming (SQTP) is a service mark

of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A.

All other trademarks mentioned herein are property of their

respective companies.

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Microchip received QS-9000 quality system

certification for its worldwide headquarters,

design and wafer fabrication facilities in

Chandler and Tempe, Arizona in July 1999. The

Company’s quality system processes and

procedures are QS-9000 compliant for its

devices, Serial EEPROMs and microperipheral

products. In addition, Microchip’s quality

system for the design and manufacture of

development systems is ISO 9001 certified.

Microchip’s Secure Data Products are covered by some or all of the following patents:

Code hopping encoder patents issued in Europe, U.S.A., and R.S.A. — U.S.A.: 5,517,187; Europe: 0459781; R.S.A.: ZA93/4726

Secure learning patents issued in the U.S.A. and R.S.A. — U.S.A.: 5,686,904; R.S.A.: 95/5429