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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mickey L Fandrich, Placerville, CA (US);
Owen Jungroth, Sonora, CA (US);
Mamun Rashid, Fairfield, CA (US);
Richard J Durante, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711103 ; 711149 ; 711150 ; 711168 ; 395872 ;
Abstract
A flash memory device having a page buffer circuit providing a shared resource between a flash array controller circuit and a user. The page buffer circuit comprises a Plane A and a Plane B, wherein each of the planes A and B is a static random access memory array. The page buffer circuit further comprises a mode control circuit for enabling access to the planes A and B over a host bus in a user mode and access to the planes A and B by the flash array controller in a flash array controller mode.