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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP., Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/30189 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system capable of upgrading a firmware in the background and a method for upgrading a firmware in the background are provided. The method for upgrading the firmware in the background partitions the memory module of an electronic device, one user code sector is used to normally execute an initial firmware and an upgrade flow, and the other user code sector is used to store an upgrade firmware.