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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2000
Applicants:

Lorenzo Bedarida, Milan, IT;

Antonino Geraci, Milan, IT;

Mauro Sali, Lodi, IT;

Simone Bartoli, Milan, IT;

Inventors:

Lorenzo Bedarida, Milan, IT;

Antonino Geraci, Milan, IT;

Mauro Sali, Lodi, IT;

Simone Bartoli, Milan, IT;

Assignee:

STMicroelectrics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F009/28 ; G06F013/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electrically alterable semiconductor memory comprises at least two substantially independent memory banks, and a first control circuit for controlling operations of electrical alteration of the content of the memory. The first control circuit permits the selective execution of an operation of electrical alteration of the content of one of the at least two memory banks. The memory also comprises second control circuit that permits, simultaneously with said operation of electrical alteration of the content of one of the at least two memory banks, a burst mode, page mode, or standard read operation for reading the content of the other memory bank.


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