The 8XC196MD is a 16-bit microcontroller designed primarily to control 3 phase AC induction and DC brushless motors The 8XC196MD is based on Intel's MCS 96 16-bit microcontroller architecture and is manufactured with Intel's CHMOS process The 8XC196MD has a three phase waveform generator specifically designed for use in ``Inverter'' motor control applications This peripheral allows for pulse width modulation three phase sine wave generation with minimal CPU intervention It generates 3 complementary non-overlapping PWM pulses with resolutions of 0 125 ms (edge trigger) or 0 250 ms (centered) The 8XC196MD has 16 Kbytes on-chip OTPROM ROM and 488 bytes of on-chip RAM It is available in two packages PLCC (84-L) and EIAJ QFP (80-L) Operational characteristics are guaranteed over the temperature range of b 40 C to a 85 C The 87C196MD contains 16 Kbytes on-chip OTPROM The 83C196MD contains 16 Kbytes on-chip ROM All references to the 80C196MD also refers to the 83C196MD and 87C196MD unless noted