Patent · US Expired

Program-controlled unit

US7228264B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Jens Barrenscheen · Munich, DE
Gunther Fenzl · Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2002
Grant date	Jun 5, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/261
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A program-controlled unit includes a selection device which can determine whether the program-controlled unit is to be emulated by using a first emulation unit or by using a second emulation unit. As a result, it is possible to provide a mass production version of the program-controlled unit with an emulation unit having a reduced functional and/or performance scope. Therefore, an emulatable mass production version of the program-controlled unit can be made available which is only insignificantly more expensive, if at all, than a non-emulatable version.

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