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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Ingar Hanssen, Trondheim, NO;
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A power trace port included in a system (e.g., a microcontroller system) having multiple power domains includes a power trace port that outputs digital signals indicating the states of the power domains. If each power domain is independent of other power domains in the system, each power domain can have its own set of power trace pins in the power trace port that are at least partially external to the system. If a power domain has multiple states, multiple pins can be used to indicate the multiple states. In some implementations, the power trace port can include performance level pins for providing performance level signals. The power trace port can be coupled to power trace probes of a power analyzer that is external to the system for generating power traces.