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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Lodestar Licensing Group, Llc, Evanston, ID (US);
Inventor:
Theodore T. Pekny, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1458 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2013.01); G06F 12/1425 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2117 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2147 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for protecting boot block space in a memory device. Such a memory device may include a memory array having a protected portion and a serial interface controller. The memory device may have a register that enables or disables access to the portion when data indicating whether to enable or disable access to the portion is written into the register via a serial data in (SI) input.