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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
William C. Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Michael Kardonik, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides system and method embodiments for a status register comprising a plurality of bits, where each of the plurality of bits of the status register is associated with one of a plurality of entities. A trigger mechanism is configured to write a trigger data pattern to the status register, where the trigger data pattern comprises a first state value for each of the plurality of bits of the status register. A capture mechanism is configured to write a second state value to each bit of the status register that is associated with an entity that is presently associated with a first type of entity status information, in response to a detection that the trigger data pattern is written to the status register.