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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Sean Steedman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ruan Lourens, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Richard Hull, Puyallup, WA (US);
Inventors:
Sean Steedman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ruan Lourens, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Richard Hull, Puyallup, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brown-out-reset circuit having programmable power and response time characteristics. These characteristics may be programmed over an n-bit wide bus for 2different characteristics ranging from very low power consumption and slower response time to very fast response time and higher power consumption. A serial one wire bus may be used instead of the n-bit wide bus.