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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Stephen Bowling, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brant Ivey, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A microcontroller has a timebase driven by a clock signal, wherein the timebase has a reset input and an output coupled with a comparator. The comparator is further coupled with a register and is operable to generate a synchronization output signal if the timebase matches the register value. The microcontroller further has a first multiplexer receiving the synchronization output signal from the comparator and further receiving at least one event signal generated by a unit other than the timebase, wherein the first multiplexer is operable to select either the synchronization output signal or the at least one event signal as a timebase synchronization output signal.