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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Sebastien Jouin, La Chapelle-Launay, FR;
Romain Oddoart, Petit-Mars, FR;
Patrice Menard, Saint-Mars-du-Desert, FR;
Mickael Le Dily, Carquefou, FR;
Thierry Gourbilleau, Le Loroux-Bottereau, FR;
Sebastien Jouin, La Chapelle-Launay, FR;
Romain Oddoart, Petit-Mars, FR;
Patrice Menard, Saint-Mars-du-Desert, FR;
Mickael Le Dily, Carquefou, FR;
Thierry Gourbilleau, Le Loroux-Bottereau, FR;
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A microcontroller is operable in a low-power mode and includes one or more I/O connectors, as well as an I/O controller operable to provide control signals for controlling a state of a particular one of the I/O connectors. The I/O controller is powered off or deactivated during the low-power mode. The microcontroller also includes I/O connector state control logic operable to control the state of the particular one of the I/O connectors in accordance with the control signals from the I/O controller. The I/O connector state control logic includes I/O connector state retention logic that retains states of the control signals and maintains the particular I/O connector in a corresponding state in accordance with the retained control signals while the microcontroller is in the low-power mode.