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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2003
Applicant:

Kazutoshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazutoshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A microcontroller of the present invention includes: input/output ports; peripheral functional blocks, associated with the input/output ports, for performing predetermined functions; a clock signal generating circuit; a function selection decoder circuit for decoding a mode signal input from function selection pins and outputting a function selection signal; a clock signal controlling section for controlling supply/stop of a clock signal to each of the functional blocks in response to the function selection signal; and a port controlling block for setting functions of the input/output ports in response to the function selection signal.


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