Microcontroller and electronic control unit
US10592356B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/7842
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microcontroller includes two processing blocks that respectively have a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a peripheral circuit, where an access to the peripheral circuit in each of the processing blocks, that is, to a Read-Only Memory (ROM) or a Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) signal generator, is limited only from the CPU disposed in the same processing block. Thereby a fail-safe functionality of the microcontroller is improved.
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