Combined analog architecture and functionality in a mixed-signal array

US11105851B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cypress Semiconductor Corporation · US

Inventors

• Harold Kutz · Edmonds, US
• Timothy Williams · Bellevue, US
• Bert Sullam · Bellevue, US
• Warren Snyder · Snohomish, US
• James H. Shutt · Seattle, US
• Bruce E. Byrkett · Preston, US
• Monte Mar · Issaquah, US
• Eashwar Thiagarajan · Bothell, US
• Nathan Wayne Kohagen · Redmond, US
• David G. Wright · San Diego, US
• Mark Hastings · Mukilteo, US
• Dennis R. Seguine · Temecula, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D10/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microcontroller comprises a plurality of digital peripheral blocks and a direct memory access (DMA) controller coupled thereto. The plurality of digital peripheral blocks includes a digital peripheral block that is configured to issue a DMA request. Upon receipt of the DMA request, the DMA controller is configured to retrieve configuration information and to write the configuration information to a configuration register associated with a circuit element of the microcontroller.