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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1992
Kurt B Robinson, Newcastle, CA (US);
Russell D Eslick, Placerville, CA (US);
Markus A Levy, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
David M Brown, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Lily C Pao, Orangevale, CA (US);
Brian L Dipert, Sacramento, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A flash memory card is described which has a ready/busy mask register. First and second flash memories of the flash memory card have respective first and second outputs indicating ready or busy status for the first and second memories. The ready/busy mask register contains mask data. Logic circuitry performs (1) a first logical operation between a first output and a first mask datum to produce a first masked output, (2) a second logical operation between a second output and a second mask datum to produce a second masked output, and (3) a third logical operation between the first masked output and the second masked output to produce a flash memory card ready/busy output. The flash memory card has circuitry for providing a ready output signal that indicates a first (in time) transition from a busy mode to a ready mode by either the first flash memory or the second flash memory of the flash memory card.