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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2012
Applicants:

Patrice Menard, Saint-Mars-du-Desert, FR;

Olivier Husson, Nantes, FR;

Mickael Le Dily, Carquefou, FR;

Thierry Gourbilleau, Le Loroux-Bottereau, FR;

Marc Laurent, Nantes, FR;

Stefan Schabel, Syrgenstein, DE;

Ronan Barzic, Tiller, NO;

Inventors:

Patrice Menard, Saint-Mars-du-Desert, FR;

Olivier Husson, Nantes, FR;

Mickael Le Dily, Carquefou, FR;

Thierry Gourbilleau, Le Loroux-Bottereau, FR;

Marc Laurent, Nantes, FR;

Stefan Schabel, Syrgenstein, DE;

Ronan Barzic, Tiller, NO;

Assignee:

Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 1/3243 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1239 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1285 (2013.01); Y02B 60/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A microcontroller system includes a higher power reference voltage circuit and a lower power reference voltage circuit configured to draw less power than the higher power reference voltage circuit when enabled. The system includes a power state logic controller configured to enable the lower power reference voltage circuit to provide a first regulated voltage during a power saving mode, and, on exiting the power saving mode, enable the higher power reference voltage circuit to provide a second regulated voltage.


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