Thomas M Macdonald

US Patent:

8464098, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Apr 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/934279

Inventors:

Ray Marshall - Abbots Langley, GB
Thomas MacDonald - Plymouth MI, US

Assignee:

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 23, 714 27, 714 25

Abstract:

A microcontroller device comprising a receiver component configured to receive a one or more reset signals for the microcontroller device; an identification component configured to identify a source of the or each reset signals received by the receiver component; a time interval determining component configured to determine a length of a time interval in accordance with the identified source of the or each reset signals received by the receiver component; a voltage setting component configured to set a voltage of an output of the microcontroller device to a first value on receipt of a reset signal by the receiver component; and a control component configured to maintain the voltage of the output at the first value for the duration of the determined length of the time interval; and set the voltage of the output to a second value on substantial completion of the determined length of the time interval.