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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Mikhail Svoiski, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 4/06 (2006.01); H03K 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ramp output control device includes a driver configured to receive at least two inputs from a microcontroller. The driver includes a time duration register configured to store a current clock count until a preset time duration is reached. The driver also includes a ramp output register configured to store a current output value at an output of the device. The driver also includes a calculation block configured to determine whether to increase the current output value at the output based on the at least two inputs.