JPS61101979A - Adaptor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an information writing adapter and a technology that is effective when applied to write information into a nonvolatile memory or a semiconductor device having the same.

[Background technology]

In a semiconductor device having a non-volatile memory such as an EFROM, a writer is used to write information to the non-volatile memory.

However, all conventional writers are dedicated to one type of memory or microcomputer, and cannot be used together with other types of memory or microcomputer.

Moreover, the writing device is extremely expensive.

Providing separate writers for different types of memory, etc., depending on the workload, has the problem of considerably increasing costs.

Regarding non-volatile memory and its writing, see (
Science Forum Co., Ltd., published November 28, 1981, "Very LSI Device Handbook JP54-P56
is explained in.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an adapter that makes it possible to write information into a nonvolatile memory or a semiconductor device incorporating the same using a general-purpose writer.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[Summary of the invention]

A brief summary of typical inventions disclosed in this application is as follows.

In other words, since electrical connections and bin changes can be easily made by connecting pins between a semiconductor element having a nonvolatile memory and a writer, button information can be easily written between any writer, and the above-mentioned It accomplishes its purpose.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the adapter, a semiconductor element, and a writer.

In this embodiment, the adapter includes a socket 3 having an insertion hole 4 for inserting a pin 2 of a semiconductor element 1 containing a non-volatile memory such as an EPROM, and
A board 11 having a hole 6 into which a pin 5 is inserted, a circuit 7 for pin conversion built in on the top surface, and a pin 10 inserted into a pin insertion hole 9 of a writer 8 on the bottom surface side. It becomes more.

For example, the circuit 7 converts the pin arrangement of a microcomputer with a built-in lPROM into the bin arrangement of a general-purpose EPROM.
This makes the PROM writable.

Socket 3 and board 11 are connected to socket 3 when in use.
By inserting the pin 5 into the bottle insertion hole 6 of the board 11, it can be used as one adapter A in an assembled state as shown in FIG.

Next, when writing information using the adapter of this embodiment, the adapter A, which integrates the socket 3 and the board 11 by inserting the pin 5 into the hole 6, is , and is connected to the writer 8 by inserting the pin 1o into the bottle insertion hole 9.

Thereafter, the pins 2 of the semiconductor element 1 are inserted into the insertion holes 4 of the socket 3 of the adapter A.

Thereby, the semiconductor element 1 is connected to the writer 8 via the adapter A.

Therefore, in this state, information can be written into the EPROM or the like built in the semiconductor element 1 using the general-purpose writer 8, and the writer 8 may be a general-purpose one.

〔effect〕

(1) By providing an adapter with a simple structure, a general-purpose writer can be used for semiconductor devices having various types of nonvolatile memories.

(2) According to (1) above, it is possible to reduce costs.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically explained above based on Examples, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the Examples and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. Nor.

For example, the adapter socket and board may be integrated from the beginning.

[Application field]

In the above explanation, the invention made by the present inventor was mainly applied to EPROM, which is the background field of application, but it is not limited to this. Application to various semiconductor devices having memory is also possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of an adapter according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the adapter, a semiconductor element, and a writer. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Semiconductor element, 2... Pin, 3... Socket, 4... Insertion hole, 5... Pin, 6... Hole, 7...
- Circuit for bin conversion, 8...Writer, 9...Bin insertion hole, 10...Pin, 11...Board.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An adapter used for writing information into a non-volatile memory, comprising a portion into which pins of a semiconductor element having a non-volatile memory are inserted, and a portion for connection to a writer;
An adapter consisting of a part with a built-in circuit for pin conversion. 2. Claim 1 comprising a socket into which the pins of a semiconductor element are inserted, and a board connected to the socket and having a circuit for pin conversion and pins for insertion into a writer. Adapter listed.