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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/0441 (2013.01); G11C 7/062 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 2207/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a data memory unit and a status memory unit. The data memory unit includes a pair of flash memory cells to be read by a complementary read mode, and 1-bit data is stored therein by the pair of flash memory cells. The status memory unit includes a flash memory cell to be read by a reference read mode, and a status flag is stored therein by the flash memory cell.