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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toyokatsu Nakajima, Itami, JP;
Assignees:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Semiconductor Software Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395556 ; 39575004 ;
Abstract
A microcomputer incorporating two oscillation circuits for generating clocks having different frequencies, which can be driven even when an oscillator is connected only to one of the oscillation circuits, by counting the number of clock pulses of the first or the second oscillation circuit, and selecting the clock of the first or the second oscillation circuit according to the data latched in a latch circuit that is set by an overflow signal outputted when the count value overflows.