Patent · US Expired

Program-controlled unit

US7281162B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier · Harwich, GB
Dietmar Konig · Munich, DE
Andreas Kolof · Gröbenzell, DE
Albrecht Mayer · Deisenhofen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 9, 2002
Grant date	Oct 9, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 5, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3636
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A program-controlled unit (e.g., a microcontroller) in which trace information (e.g., selected addresses, data and/or control signals) that is processed by a core and which can be used to trace the profile of the processes occurring within the program-controlled unit, are stored and/or output from the program-controlled unit along with corresponding identification codes that are used by an external debugging system to identify the trace information.

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