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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics America Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jon Matthew Brabender, Cary, NC (US);
Bernd Willi Westhoff, Dusseldorf, DE;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics America Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 13/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/4403 (2013.01);
Abstract
Common microcontroller unit (MCU) self-identification information is disclosed. In one embodiment, an MCU is contained in a package. The MCU includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a non-volatile memory. This non-volatile memory stores information specific to the MCU and/or the package. The non-volatile memory also stores a common main program that, when executed by the CPU, accesses the information. The information enables the common main program to adapt itself to resources of the MCU and/or package that are identified in the information.