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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Em Microelectronic-marin SA, Marin, CH;
Lubomir Plavec, Brno, CZ;
Yves Godat, Cornaux, CH;
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA, Marin, CH;
Abstract
An address decoder unit () for a memory cell array (), the address decoder unit () including an address decoder () including an address input () and a number of address outputs (), the address decoder () being operable to select one of the address outputs () in response to receive a memory address at the address input (); and an address selection circuitry () connected to the address decoder () and including a number of address selection outputs () each of which connectable the memory cell array and each of which corresponding to one memory address, wherein the address decoder unit () is switchable into a memory erase mode, in which the address selection circuitry () is operable to select all address selection outputs () of an address space above or beyond a memory address provided at the address input ().