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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventors:

Steffen Sonnekalb, Taufkirchen, DE;

Stefan Mangard, München, DE;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a pair of an alarm condition generator and an associated alarm circuit and a test circuit. The alarm circuit is configured to generate an alarm signal in response to a detection of an associated alarm condition. The alarm condition generator is configured to generate the associated alarm condition for its associated alarm circuit in response to a reception of a first reset of a first type of reset. The test circuit is configured to receive the alarm signal and the first reset and to generate in response to a reception of both the first reset and the alarm signal a second reset of a second type of reset.


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