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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:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy J. Cummins, Cratloe, IE;
Dara Joseph Brannick, Claremorris, IE;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
A data processor is provided which has integrated therein at least two of a bootstrap memory, a program memory and a data memory, wherein the at least two memories are of the same construction. In an exemplary embodiment, the memories are flash EEPROM memories. The data memory is provided with registers for temporarily storing the contents of an entire row of memory such that modifications can be easily made to a single bit within the row by storing the contents of the row, erasing the row, modifying the data and storing the data back in the row.