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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395430 ; 3642446 ; 3642467 ; 3642493 ; 3649543 ; 36496576 ; 36496579 ; 364969 ; 364D / ; 364D / ; 365218 ;
Abstract
A method for erasing blocks of a non-volatile memory includes detecting whether a block is in at least one of an erased state or a state secured from erasure; then setting a flag register at a first level for each block detected to be in at least one of an erased state or a state secured from erasure or at a second level for each block not so detected; then selecting for erasure blocks that have their respective flags set at the second level; and then erasing the selected blocks.
Coffman, Tim. (1996). Smart erase algorithm with secure scheme for flash eproms (U.S. Patent No. 5491809). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5491809
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