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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Ams Ag, Premstätten, AT;

Inventor:

Michael Böhm, Graz, AT;

Assignee:

AMS AG, Premstätten, AT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 9/448 (2018.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G06F 9/4498 (2018.02); G06F 11/3024 (2013.01); G06F 15/781 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for starting a system-on-a-chip, SoC, without read only memory, ROM, comprises the steps of receiving, by a processor comprised by the SoC, a reset signal, monitoring, by a monitoring component comprised by the SoC, a connection between the processor and at least a non-volatile memory, both comprised by the SoC, upon occurrence of a first read access of the processor to the non-volatile memory via the connection checking, by the monitoring component, whether a data value returned in response to the first read access via the connection conforms to a pre-set value, and if the returned data value differs from the pre-set value, stopping, by the monitoring component, operation of the processor.


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