Title :
A 0.9V Microcontroller for Portable Applications
Author :
Wild, Andreas ; Quigley, John ; Feddeler, James ; Ledford, Steven ; Caravella, James ; Shapiro, Fred ; Gilsdorf, Ben ; Hong, Merit ; Mietus, Dave ; Davies, Robert ; Parmar, Rajiv ; Tai, Jy-Der ; Thomas, Jim ; Quarberg, June ; Hartung, Eytan ; Sawan, Tony
Author_Institution :
Motorola, SPS Technology, Mesa/Tempe, Arizona
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Batteries; CMOS technology; Charge pumps; Clocks; Driver circuits; Microcontrollers; Pulse width modulation; Read only memory; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1996. ESSCIRC '96. Proceedings of the 22nd European
Conference_Location :
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Print_ISBN :
2-86332-197-8
