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GB9908869D0 - Flash memory architecture and its operating method - Google Patents

Flash memory architecture and its operating method

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Publication number
GB9908869D0
GB9908869D0 GBGB9908869.2A GB9908869A GB9908869D0 GB 9908869 D0 GB9908869 D0 GB 9908869D0 GB 9908869 A GB9908869 A GB 9908869A GB 9908869 D0 GB9908869 D0 GB 9908869D0
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flash memory
operating method
memory architecture
architecture
operating
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GB2349242A (en
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Inventec Corp
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Inventec Corp
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Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/102—External programming circuits, e.g. EPROM programmers; In-circuit programming or reprogramming; EPROM emulators
    • G11C16/105—Circuits or methods for updating contents of nonvolatile memory, especially with 'security' features to ensure reliable replacement, i.e. preventing that old data is lost before new data is reliably written
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/023—Free address space management
    • G06F12/0238—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory
    • G06F12/0246—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/102—External programming circuits, e.g. EPROM programmers; In-circuit programming or reprogramming; EPROM emulators

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
GB9908869A 1999-04-20 1999-04-20 Flash memory architecture and rewrite method Withdrawn GB2349242A (en)

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GB2349242A GB2349242A (en) 2000-10-25

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