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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:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39518306 ; 39518303 ; 365226 ; 365201 ;
Abstract
A processing apparatus capable of feeding voltage necessary when writing data in a programmable nonvolatile memory without increasing the number of terminals is presented. A control signal MO for changing over the actual operation mode and test mode, and a program voltage VPP necessary when writing or erasing data in an EEPROM are provided.