Circuit arrangement with switchable functionality and electronic component
View Patent ↗A circuit with switchable functionality has a first integrated circuit, which has, in a first operating mode, full functionality and which has, in at least one other operating mode, a functionality which is reduced in comparison with the full functionality. The circuit further has an output terminal to which a coupling element can be coupled, an identification device which identifies whether a first supply potential has been applied to the output terminal via the coupling element and in this case produces a status signal with a first value and otherwise produces a status signal with a second value, a setting device, which sets the full or reduced functionality as a function of the value of the status signal in the first integrated circuit. The invention also relates to an electronic component having such a circuit arrangement.
1. A circuit arrangement with switchable functionality, comprising:
a first integrated circuit having full functionality in a first operating mode and having reduced functionality, relative to the full functionality, in at least one further operating mode;
an output terminal for coupling a coupling element;
an identification device configured to identify when said output terminal has a first supply potential applied thereto via said coupling element, and to generate a status signal in that case with a first value, and configured to generate a status signal with a second value when the output signal is separated from the first supply potential; and
an adjusting device configured to set said first integrated circuit to the full functionality or the reduced functionality solely in dependence on a value of the status signal.
2. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said first integrated circuit has a diagnostic circuit for diagnosing a status of circuit elements of a second integrated circuit inside the circuit arrangement.
3. The circuit arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein in full functionality said diagnostic circuit is configured to carry out at least a 3 bit diagnosis, and said diagnostic circuit is configured to carry out a maximum 2 bit diagnosis in reduced functionality.
4. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said first integrated circuit has a switchover device for adjusting the functionality of said first integrated circuit.
5. The circuit arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the second integrated circuit has a bridge circuit.
6. The circuit arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein said bridge circuit is an H-bridge.
7. The circuit arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein said first integrated circuit, said second integrated circuit, said adjusting device, and said identification device are integrated in a single semiconductor chip.
8. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said identification device includes an impedance having a first terminal connected to a power input with a second supply potential and a second terminal connected to a tap between said output terminal and said adjusting device, and wherein said tap carries said status signal.
9. The circuit arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein said impedance is a resistive element.
10. The circuit arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein said impedance is a resistor.
11. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , which comprises an evaluation device for evaluating the status signal and for generating a control signal for adjustment of the functionality of said first integrated circuit in dependence on a value of the status signal.
12. An electronic component, comprising:
a carrier element;
at least one circuit arrangement according to claim 1 disposed on said carrier element and at least one contact surface disposed on said carrier element at a spacing distance from said circuit arrangement;
a housing at least partially enclosing said carrier element;
wherein the output terminal is connected to the contact surface via the coupling element in the first operating mode and the output terminal is completely separated from the contact surface in the second operating mode.
13. The electronic component according to claim 12 , wherein said coupling element is a bond wire, an external bridge, or a connecting metallization.
14. The electronic component according to claim 12 , which comprises a plurality of external connection pins protruding out of said housing and each connected to a corresponding contact pad on said carrier element via bond wires, wherein one of said connection pins is connected to the contact surface and is available for application of the first supply potential.