A 0.9V Microcontroller for Portable Applications

Andreas A. Wild,John H. Quigley,James R. Feddeler,Steven Ledford,James S. Caravella,Fred Shapiro,Ben Gilsdorf,Merit Hong,Dave Mietus,Robert B. Davies,Rajiv Parmar,Jy-Der Tai,James S. Thomas,June Quarberg,Eytan Hartung,Tony Sawan,Jim H. Carlquist,Ken Papworth,Juan Buxo,Mike Schriber,Michael Berens,Drew Warren,Brynette Smith,Michael Mazuelos,Kim Bass,Larry Layton

A 0.9V Microcontroller for Portable Applications

1996

A 0.9V to 1.6V, 1MHz, 8 bit microcontroller based on the 68HC08 architecture is presented. In addition to standard digital microcontroller functions, the chip features RAM, ROM, PLL clock synthesis, and LCD drive capabilities operating from the voltage supply range of a single AA or AAA battery.

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Microcontroller
Computer science
Electronic engineering
Central processing unit
8-bit
Pulse-width modulation
Computer hardware
CMOS
Phase-locked loop
Architecture
Embedded system
Read-only memory
Logic gate
Chip

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