Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature

Note the following details of the code protection feature on Microchip products:

• Microchip products meet the specifications contained in their particular Microchip Data Sheet.

• Microchip believes that its family of products is secure when used in the intended manner, within operating

specifications, and under normal conditions.

• Microchip values and aggressively protects its intellectual property rights. Attempts to breach the code

protection features of Microchip product is strictly prohibited and may violate the Digital Millennium Copyright

Act.

• Neither Microchip nor any other semiconductor manufacturer can guarantee the security of its code. Code

protection does not mean that we are guaranteeing the product is “unbreakable”. Code protection is constantly

evolving. Microchip is committed to continuously improving the code protection features of our products.

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The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, Adaptec, AnyRate, AVR, AVR logo, AVR Freaks, BesTime,

BitCloud, CryptoMemory, CryptoRF, dsPIC, flexPWR, HELDO, IGLOO, JukeBlox, KeeLoq, Kleer, LANCheck,

LinkMD, maXStylus, maXTouch, MediaLB, megaAVR, Microsemi, Microsemi logo, MOST, MOST logo, MPLAB,

OptoLyzer, PIC, picoPower, PICSTART, PIC32 logo, PolarFire, Prochip Designer, QTouch, SAM-BA, SenGenuity,

SpyNIC, SST, SST Logo, SuperFlash, Symmetricom, SyncServer, Tachyon, TimeSource, tinyAVR, UNI/O, Vectron,

and XMEGA are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.

AgileSwitch, APT, ClockWorks, The Embedded Control Solutions Company, EtherSynch, Flashtec, Hyper Speed

Control, HyperLight Load, IntelliMOS, Libero, motorBench, mTouch, Powermite 3, Precision Edge, ProASIC, ProASIC

Plus, ProASIC Plus logo, Quiet- Wire, SmartFusion, SyncWorld, Temux, TimeCesium, TimeHub, TimePictra,

TimeProvider, TrueTime, WinPath, and ZL are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the

U.S.A.

Adjacent Key Suppression, AKS, Analog-for-the-Digital Age, Any Capacitor, AnyIn, AnyOut, Augmented Switching,

BlueSky, BodyCom, CodeGuard, CryptoAuthentication, CryptoAutomotive, CryptoCompanion, CryptoController,

TA100 (B5)

and its subsidiaries

Summary Datasheet

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