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Microcomputer reset circuit

US4788661A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1986
Grant dateNov 29, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reset circuit controlled by a comparator circuit detecting the voltage of the power supply and incorporating a circuit which outputs reset pulses with a constant period and inhibits output of the reset pulses when it receives a reset inhibition pulse from a microcomputer.

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