摘要 |
<p>A LC column cartridge including a memory component (23) integrally attached to it at the time of its manufacture, as well as a method for producing such a LC column cartridge with an integral memory component (23) is disclosed. The memory component (23) is a semiconductor chip. The amount of data stored will depend upon the memory capacity of the component (23), and how the data is recovered will depend on whether or not a microcontroller is incorporated in the component (23) itself. Components (23) could be read only or read/write or be partitioned with a read only area for manufacturing information and a read/write area for usage data. The information stored could vary from the minimal amount of data required to identify the column and its quality control test performance in text format to a full quality control trace and usage history.</p> |