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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Dialog Semiconductor B.v., s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Nikolaos Moschopoulos, Athens, GR;
Konstantinos Georgios Kottikas, Palaio Faliro, GR;
Dimitrios Bekiaris, Kallithea, GR;
Dialog Semiconductor B.V., 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
A low power microcontroller that includes a low power node controller adapted to retrieve data from peripheral devices is presented. The microcontroller contains a state machine coupled to a storage medium, which is adapted to store a set of instructions executable by the state machine. The microcontroller also contains a power domain controller, which is adapted to enable the state machine upon receipt of a notification signal. As an option, the microcontroller contains a plurality of communication controllers for communicating with a plurality of external devices, wherein the power domain controller includes a register which may be read by the state machine to identify a communication controller among the plurality controllers. Also, a method of operating a microcontroller for use with an external device is presented. The method provides a state machine which executes a set of instructions.