摘要:
The single chip microcontroller unit includes a processing unit having normal power mode of operation and a low power mode of operation. Analog circuitry and digital circuitry are connected to the processing unit. Monitoring circuitry determines if a chip supply voltage level exceeds a threshold level necessary to maintain operation of the digital circuitry.
摘要:
The single chip microcontroller unit includes a processing unit having normal power mode of operation and a low power mode of operation. Analog circuitry and digital circuitry are connected to the processing unit. A power management unit controls power operations of the processing unit, the analog circuitry and the digital circuitry. Power monitoring circuitry provides power control signals to the power management unit. The power monitoring circuitry further includes a system voltage monitoring circuit for generating a system voltage control signal responsive to a system voltage level with respect to a predetermined level. The power monitoring circuitry also includes a supply monitoring circuit for determining if a chip supply voltage level exceeds a threshold level.
摘要:
A microcontroller includes a processing unit having a processing unit having normal power mode of operation and a low power mode of operation. The processing unit further having digital circuitry connected to the processing unit having a plurality of logic circuits associated therewith for processing digital values. A plurality of retention flip-flops are associated with the digital circuitry for storing a logical state of at least one or more of the logic circuits within the digital circuitry when the processing unit enters the low power mode of operation. The plurality of retention flip flops include a first type of transistors for operating in both the low and high power modes of operation and a second type of transistors for operation only in the normal mode of operation and wherein substantially the remainder of the digital circuitry in the processing unit comprises the second type of transistors.
摘要:
An apparatus comprises a band gap voltage generator circuit for generating a band gap voltage. A temperature invariant current generator is located within the band gap voltage generator circuit for generating a temperature invariant current. A temperature invariant current correction circuit is located within the band gap voltage generator circuit and adjusts the output voltage responsive to the temperature invariant current without altering temperature characteristics of the temperature invariant current.
摘要:
A technique includes using a pass device of a linear regulator to provide an output signal for the linear regulator in response to a signal that is received at a control terminal of the pass device. The control terminal is coupled to a node, and the node is associated with a bias current. The technique includes using a feedback path to communicate a feedback current with the node to regulate the output signal. The use of the feedback path includes regulating a magnitude of the feedback current to be within a range of magnitudes, which include a magnitude that exceeds a magnitude of the bias current.
摘要:
The integrated circuit package includes a processing core for operating on a set of instructions to carry out predefined processes. A real time clock circuit provides a system clock for the processing core. The real time clock further comprises an internal oscillator that generates the system clock for the integrated circuit package. The internal oscillator has a factory calibrated bias current. An internal oscillator control register controls the operation of the internal oscillator responsive to control bits of the programmable load capacitor array controlled by the processing core.
摘要:
A DC to DC boost converter circuit receives a DC input voltage and converts it to a DC output voltage at a different voltage level than the DC input voltage. The DC to DC boost converter includes a switching power converter for receiving the input voltage on an input and converting the input voltage to an output as the DC output voltage in response to pulse control signals. A switching controller generates the pulse control signals during a switching cycle. Current sensing circuitry limits a current passing through the switching power converter. The current sensing circuitry generates an overload signal when the current exceeds a reference value. The current sensing circuitry sensing the current with a current sensing resistor having a size of at least approximately 500 ohms.
摘要:
An integrated system on a chip includes processing circuitry that performs predefined digital processing functions on the chip. The processing circuitry operates responsive to a regulated voltage. An on-chip boost converter generates the regulated voltage responsive to an off-chip voltage provided by an off chip voltage source. The regulated voltage source has a voltage level greater than the off-chip voltage.
摘要:
A data converter (10) includes an analog input element (12), an operational amplifier (14), a first reference input element (18), a second reference input element (22), and a control element (34). The analog input element (12) operably couples the analog signal to a first input (13) of the operational amplifier (14). The first and second reference input elements (18 & 22) respectively couple a first signal (16) and a second signal (22) to a first input of the operational amplifier (14). The control element (34) generates the control signal based on an output of the operational amplifier (14) to force the first input node (13) to be equivalent to the second input node (15) of the operational amplifier (14). The data converter (10) also includes an analog-to-digital converter (26) that allows the circuit to perform a sigma-delta conversion.
摘要:
A frequency synthesizer circuit (10). Circuit (10) has a counter (12), a latch/decoder (14), a divider (16), and an optional wave shaper (18) which synthesize an output clock signal X. Counter (12) counts a number of clock signal N periods that occur within one clock signal M period and this count is stored as a count value. The count value is latched and/or decoded by the latch/decoder (14) to produce a divisor which is output from the latch/decoder (14) to the divider (16). The divider (16) divides a clock signal N frequency by the divisor to provide a spiked waveform to the wave shaper (18). The wave shaper (18) alters a frequency and/or a duty cycle of the spiked waveform to produce the clock signal X. Clock signal X has a substantially constant frequency regardless of the clock signal N frequency or operational variation in the system clock N frequency.