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Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2016
Applicant:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Koichiro Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device is provided which can quickly detect a malfunction of high priority modules by frequently checking a coupling state between the high priority modules and a communication bus. According to an embodiment, a host controller includes a module control circuit that performs data communication with a plurality of externally-provided modules through a communication bus, a coupling state check circuit which is coupled to the communication bus and which checks the presence or absence of a response from the modules, and selected from the modules based on information of a check list, and a control circuit that selectively causes the module control circuit and the coupling state check circuit to operate.


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