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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Lorenzo Bedarida, Milan, IT;
Antonino Geraci, Milan, IT;
Mauro Sali, Lodi, IT;
Simone Bartoli, Milan, IT;
Lorenzo Bedarida, Milan, IT;
Antonino Geraci, Milan, IT;
Mauro Sali, Lodi, IT;
Simone Bartoli, Milan, IT;
STMicroelectrics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
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.