Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power trace port for tracing states of power domains
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Application No.: US14316625Application Date: 2014-06-26
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Publication No.: US09684367B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Ingar Hanssen
- Applicant: Atmel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Atmel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Atmel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
A power trace port included in a system (e.g., a microcontroller system) having multiple power domains includes a power trace port that outputs digital signals indicating the states of the power domains. If each power domain is independent of other power domains in the system, each power domain can have its own set of power trace pins in the power trace port that are at least partially external to the system. If a power domain has multiple states, multiple pins can be used to indicate the multiple states. In some implementations, the power trace port can include performance level pins for providing performance level signals. The power trace port can be coupled to power trace probes of a power analyzer that is external to the system for generating power traces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150378423A1 POWER TRACE PORT FOR TRACING STATES OF POWER DOMAINS Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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