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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Minoru Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device including an interrupt pattern generator for generating an interrupt enabling signal and interrupt data, an input buffer for receiving input serial data, a selector, receiving through-data serially output from said input buffer and serial data obtained on parallel-to-serial conversion of said interrupt data, for selecting and serially outputting said through-data when said interrupt enabling signal is in an inactive state, and for selecting and serially outputting said interrupt data when said interrupt enabling signal is in an active state, and a circuit exercising control for instructing said interrupt pattern generator to generate said interrupt data and to activate said interrupt enabling signal in case the information instructing the merging of said interrupt data in a predetermined position of said through-data is detected from said input serial data.