- Patent Title: Semiconductor device, control system, and synchronization method
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Application No.: US15797033Application Date: 2017-10-30
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Publication No.: US10243568B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Hiromichi Yamada , Akihiro Yamate , Hitoshi Suzuki , Yoichi Yuyama , Teppei Hirotsu
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Koutou-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Koutou-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-235943 20161205
- Main IPC: H03K21/40
- IPC: H03K21/40 ; H03K21/38

Abstract:
In a system for performing clock generation for each semiconductor device, synchronization between the semiconductor devices is achieved without causing a count value in a counter to be discontinuously changed. A semiconductor device 1 includes a clock oscillator 2, a counter 3 configured to count the number of clocks, a periodic register 4 in which a value corresponding to a period for synchronization is set, a comparison circuit 5 configured to compare the count value in the counter 3 with the set value in the periodic register 4, a match flag register 6 in which a predetermined value is set when the count value coincides with the set value, a match output terminal 7 configured to output the value in the match flag register 6 from the own semiconductor device, a match input terminal 8 to which a value output from another semiconductor device to be synchronized is input, and a reset circuit configured to reset the counter 3 and the match flag register 6 when both the value in the match flag register 6 of the own semiconductor device and the value input to the match input terminal 8 become a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180159540A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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