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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt B Robinson, Newcastle, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711103 ; 365 52 ;
Abstract
A flash EEPROM memory device including a memory array having a plurality of blocks of flash EEPROM memory cells arranged to be accessed in rows and columns, a query memory storing data defining characteristics of the flash storage device, and a register interface for receiving data and commands addressed to the blocks of flash EEPROM memory devices and generating signals for affecting the purpose of the commands in the device, the interface including a command register for receiving commands and a plurality of registers for providing the data stored in the query memory as output.