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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1996
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S. r. L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a programming method and device for detecting an error and inhibiting writing into a memory. The invention provides for the inclusion, in the standard programming method, of a checking step for interrupting the programming procedure and generating an error signal detecting the attempted overwriting of a '0' with a '1'. The checking step of the inventive programming method provides for an initial comparison between the contents of a plurality of bits being programmed and a corresponding plurality of bits to be written in, the generation of an error signal upon detection of homolog pairs with a value of 'one', and the interruption of the byte programming procedure to prevent a '1' from being written over a '0'.