3. The phase angle MICR system of claim 1 , wherein the matching system includes a reference waveform for each character in a character set.
3. The phase angle MICR system of claim 1 , wherein the matching system includes a reference waveform for each character in a character set. 4. The phase angle MICR system of claim 3 , wherein the matching system calculates an error function comprising a difference between the phase angle differences and each reference waveform.