Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for selecting an operating mode, such as a boot mode, of a micro-controller unit
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Application No.: US17671844Application Date: 2022-02-15
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Publication No.: US11705904B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Daniele Mangano , Alessandro Inglese
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: IT 2021000003542 2021.02.16
- Main IPC: H03K19/0175
- IPC: H03K19/0175 ; G06F13/12

Abstract:
A microcontroller includes an input pin and internal pull-up and pull-down circuits. External pull-up and pull-down circuits are also coupled to the input pin. The microcontroller is operable according to different configuration modes which include configuring the input pin in a floating state. A control logic then configures the internal pull-up and pull-down circuits according to an internal pull-up mode to acquire a first input voltage signal (at a first logic value) from the input pin, and further configure the internal pull-up and pull-down circuits according to an internal pull-down mode to acquire a second input voltage signal (at a second logic value) from the input pin. A selection of the operating mode of the MCU is then made based on the acquired first and second logic values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220263509A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AN OPERATING MODE, SUCH AS A BOOT MODE, OF A MICRO-CONTROLLER UNIT Public/Granted day:2022-08-18
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