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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 395430 ; 395492 ; 39549704 ; 39542101 ;
Abstract
In a microcomputer with a programmable ROM, there is provided an external pin at which a mode select signal is entered so as to select one of three modes, including a MCU mode in which an application system is controlled by an application program which has been stored in the programmable ROM, a PROM mode in which the application program is written into the programmable ROM, and an inline mode in which predetermined data is written to a part of the programmable ROM with the microcomputer mounted on a user system.