Stmicroelectronics S.a.

Texas Instruments Corporation

Jacques Sonzogni

Eric Balard

Mark Trimmer

A method and a device for converting a virtual address of a program executed by a processor and provided by a program counter into a physical address in a program memory, the program having been stored in the memory in at least one segment of consecutive addresses. The method includes adding to each address provided by the program counter a number corresponding to the offset between the memory address and the virtual address provided by the program counter, and detecting a possible overflow from the current segment by comparing the obtained physical address with the start and end addresses of the considered segment.

Method and device for calculating addresses of a segmented program memory

Disclosed is a device for secured access to applications of a chip card, bringing into operation instructions that provide information, at each point in time, on the rights, especially in terms of access to the chip card, of a software component or a hardware action performed in the chip card. In the case of each new software component and at each new hardware action, a register R of the microprocessor of the chip card stores a specific code that makes it possible to check the authorized nature of the operations of access to the memory of the chip card that are performed by the new software component or hardware action.

Secured access device with chip card application

This invention describes a real-time failure detection system for the inputs of an analog-to-digital converter. A novel mechanism is proposed that provides recognition of an ADC input pin failure through the digital result obtained. The device includes a specific hardware architecture which can be added to any ADC core. This is especially useful in safety applications (where FMEA is a main concern), as it greatly increases the reliability of the analog data measured.

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Fuveau, France

Jacques Sonzogni