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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Roshan Samuel, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joseph Julicher, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Roshan Samuel, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joseph Julicher, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/40 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microcontroller with an integrated special instruction processing unit and a programmable cycle state machine. The special instruction processing unit allows offloading of intensive processing of output data and the programmable cycle state machine minimizes the amount of customized, off chip circuitry necessary to connect the microcontroller to an external display.