Dialog Semiconductor/Renesas Assigned Patent

Dialog Semiconductor B.V., ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corp.) has been assigned a patent (11880314) developed by Moschopoulos, Nikolaos, Athens, Greece, Kottikas, Konstantinos, Palaio Falira, Greece, and de Groot, Simon, Heesch, The Netherlands, for a “microcontroller for driving an external device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method is provided for using a microcontroller for driving an external device, where the microcontroller comprises a processor coupled to a controller, and the controller comprises a state machine coupled to a storage medium configured to store at least one command executable by the state machine. A drive signal is generated using the controller to drive the external device. The storage medium may be configured by the processor with various commands and waveforms for operating different types of external devices. The proposed microprocessor permits reducing power consumption while at the same time allowing for a broad flexibility of use.”

The patent application was filed on 2018-07-27 (16/047681).