Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple chip synchronization via single pin monitoring of an external timing capacitor
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Application No.: US16190871Application Date: 2018-11-14
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Publication No.: US10651844B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Lawrence James Gewax , Kevin William Ziemer , Ricky Dale Jordanger , Hector Torres
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Lawrence J. Bassuk; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03L7/00
- IPC: H03L7/00 ; H03K17/687 ; G01R19/165

Abstract:
An IC chip, a system and a method of operating the IC chip in response to an event trigger are provided. The method includes responsive to the event trigger, coupling a pin to a source of constant current to charge an external capacitor coupled to the pin and monitoring a capacitor voltage on the pin. If the magnitude of the capacitor voltage is greater than a rising threshold, detection of a falling threshold is enabled. If the magnitude of the capacitor voltage is greater than a voltage threshold, a first response is triggered and the pin is coupled to the lower rail to discharge the external capacitor. If detection of the falling threshold is enabled and the magnitude of the capacitor voltage is less than the falling threshold, the first response is also triggered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190386657A1 MULTIPLE CHIP SYNCHRONIZATION VIA SINGLE PIN MONITORING OF AN EXTERNAL TIMING CAPACITOR Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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