Integrated electronic circuit
View Patent ↗Disclosed is an integrated electronic circuit comprising a core circuit that generates a useful signal as well as a buffer for storing the useful signal. The buffer stores the last read value of the useful signal for a predetermined period of time when the power supply is interrupted, and the buffer is disconnected from the power supply of the other circuits.
1. An integrated electronic circuit that receives a supply voltage V DD , comprising:
a measurement circuit that provides a measured signal; and
an intermediate memory for storing the measured signal, wherein, upon a disturbance in the supply voltage V DD the intermediate memory retains the latest measured signal for a predetermined period, and wherein the intermediate memory is decoupled from the supply voltage V DD ,
wherein the intermediate memory stores the measured signal value until it is ensured that valid values of the measured signal value are again read-in to the intermediate memory.
2. The integrated electronic circuit of claim 1 , further comprising an output circuit for delivering an output signal in response to the measured signal, wherein the intermediate memory provides the intermediately stored measured signal to the output circuit.
3. The integrated electronic circuit of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate memory is buffered.
4. The integrated electronic circuit of claim 1 , where the measurement circuit comprises a Hall effect sensor.
5. The integrated electronic circuit of claim 1 , wherein the measurement circuit is a distance or an angular sensor.