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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Ignazio Cala', Syracuse, IT;
Inventor:
Ignazio Cala', Syracuse, IT;
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4291 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0016 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a set of programming terminals for receiving corresponding programming signals, and assignment circuitry for assigning an address to the electronic device according to the programming signals. The assignment circuitry includes circuitry for providing a set of comparison signals, with at least part of the comparison signals that is variable during a non-zero comparison interval, and comparison circuitry for determining the address according to a comparison between the programming signals and the comparison signals during the comparison interval.