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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
Zeke R. Lundstrum, Chandler, AZ (US);
Vivien Delport, Chandler, AZ (US);
Sean Steedman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Joseph Julicher, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Zeke R. Lundstrum, Chandler, AZ (US);
Vivien Delport, Chandler, AZ (US);
Sean Steedman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Joseph Julicher, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
An instruction set for a microcontroller with a data memory divided into a plurality of memory banks wherein the data memory has more than one memory bank of the plurality of memory banks that form a block of linear data memory to which no special function registers are mapped, a bank select register which is not mapped to the data memory for selecting a memory bank, and with an indirect access register mapped to at least one memory bank, wherein the instruction set includes a plurality of instructions operable to directly address all memory locations within a selected bank, at least one instruction that provides access to the bank select register, and at least one instruction performing an indirect address to the data memory using the indirect access register.