DE60211653D1 - Teildatenprogrammier- und leseoperationen in einem nichtflüchtigen speicher - Google Patents

Teildatenprogrammier- und leseoperationen in einem nichtflüchtigen speicher

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DE60211653D1
DE60211653D1 DE60211653T DE60211653T DE60211653D1 DE 60211653 D1 DE60211653 D1 DE 60211653D1 DE 60211653 T DE60211653 T DE 60211653T DE 60211653 T DE60211653 T DE 60211653T DE 60211653 D1 DE60211653 D1 DE 60211653D1
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • 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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    • 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
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    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
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    • 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
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/10—Providing a specific technical effect
    • G06F2212/1016—Performance improvement
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    • G06F2212/10—Providing a specific technical effect
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    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7202—Allocation control and policies
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    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7208—Multiple device management, e.g. distributing data over multiple flash devices
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7209—Validity control, e.g. using flags, time stamps or sequence numbers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2216/00—Indexing scheme relating to G11C16/00 and subgroups, for features not directly covered by these groups
    • G11C2216/12—Reading and writing aspects of erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C2216/16—Flash programming of all the cells in an array, sector or block simultaneously

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  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Read Only Memory (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
  • Memory System (AREA)
  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
DE60211653T 2001-01-19 2002-01-07 Teildatenprogrammier- und leseoperationen in einem nichtflüchtigen speicher Expired - Lifetime DE60211653T2 (de)

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US09/766,436 US6763424B2 (en) 2001-01-19 2001-01-19 Partial block data programming and reading operations in a non-volatile memory
US766436 2001-01-19
PCT/US2002/000366 WO2002058074A2 (en) 2001-01-19 2002-01-07 Partial block data programming and reading operations in a non-volatile memory

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US (6) US6763424B2 (de)
EP (4) EP2953030A1 (de)
JP (3) JP4155824B2 (de)
KR (2) KR100944996B1 (de)
CN (3) CN1290021C (de)
AT (1) ATE327556T1 (de)
AU (1) AU2002236723A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60211653T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2262782T3 (de)
TW (1) TWI221217B (de)
WO (1) WO2002058074A2 (de)

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