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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:
Feb. 28, 2006

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:

Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;

Paul D. Krivacek, Cambridge, MA (US);

Michael S. Allen, Austin, TX (US);

Mark A. Banse, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;

Paul D. Krivacek, Cambridge, MA (US);

Michael S. Allen, Austin, TX (US);

Mark A. Banse, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for accessing flash memory in a continued burst mode are provided. The apparatus includes a processor for executing instructions including memory access instructions, the processor generating a next access signal that indicates if a next memory access is in sequence with a current memory access, a memory having a continued burst mode of operation, and a bus interface for controlling access to the memory in response to the memory access instructions. The bus interface unit enables the continued burst mode of the memory while the next access signal is asserted.


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