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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Andreas Jansen, Murnau, DE;
Andreas Geiler, Munich, DE;
Andreas Jansen, Murnau, DE;
Andreas Geiler, Munich, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to dynamic hardware pad control that is triggered by an intelligent hardware module that monitors an operational state of an IC pin. This hardware module then provides a control signal, which is based on the operational state of the IC pin, to a multiplexer control block that selects one of several different configurations for the IC pin. Because the control signal is provided by the hardware module, the techniques disclosed herein allow precise switching between a number of different IC pin configurations in a fast and efficient manner.