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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Venkateswar Reddy Kowkutla, Allen, TX (US);
Rejitha Nair, Southlake, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3648 (2013.01); G01R 31/31724 (2013.01); G06F 11/3672 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a processor core configured to perform boot operations; and a microcontroller coupled to a processor core. The microcontroller includes: a set of microcontroller components; and a state machine coupled to the set of microcontroller components. The state machine is configured to perform self-test operations on the set of microcontroller components before the boot operations.