Patent · US Expired

Method for operating a processor-controlled system

US7174483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alwin Becher · Zirndorf, DE
Peter Bertelshofer · Zirndorf, DE
Roger Pohlmann · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 2, 2001
Grant date	Feb 6, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C29/88
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for monitoring a system controlled by a processor utilizes an integrated monitoring unit independent of the processor but integrated together with the processor in an integrated circuit, as well as a watchdog unit for preventing measures that influence the system. The watchdog unit is cyclically reset by the integrated monitoring unit.

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