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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Venkateswar Reddy Kowkutla, Allen, TX (US);
Erkan Bilhan, Dallas, TX (US);
Sumant Dinkar Kale, Allen, TX (US);
Chunhua Hu, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/22 (2006.01); H03B 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/22 (2013.01); H03B 5/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A functional safety Power on Reset system requires implementing voltage detectors and supervisory functions in a complex SOC. These features are implemented within the SOC without external components. A plurality of voltage monitoring stages is implemented to ensure redundancy.