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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt B. Robinson, Newcastle, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A device level interface for connecting a flash EEPROM memory array to other components of a computer system which interface is designed to provide signals which directly relate to the primitive operations of a flash EEPROM memory array. The interface is adapted to use a fixed command set which allows a query command to be used to determine the functionality of the array. The values returned may be used to initialize software drivers used for accessing the array in primitives which relate to the flash EEPROM memory array.