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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Helmut Bubeck, Markgroningen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of operating a control system which includes a nonvolatile memory unit having memory banks and a volatile memory unit for storing programs and data. Access is permitted to only a single one of the memory banks of the nonvolatile memory unit at a given time point and the memory bank permitting the access is addressable by using addresses which are located within a memory bank address space. The memory bank address space is common to all memory banks and adapted to the size of the memory banks. The nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory are driven in such a manner that the memory bank permitting the access is only accessible in part. When an addressing attempt is made via an address, which is assigned to that part of the particular memory bank which is not accessible, the volatile memory unit is shifted into a state permitting an access and the volatile memory is addressed via the address.