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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007

Filed:

May. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Kazunari Kido, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kazunari Kido, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The semiconductor device includes a memory cell array that includes memory cells for storing data and is managed on a sector basis, a memory that stores the information determining the activation status, a latch circuit that latches the activation information according to the information stored in the memory, and a circuit that latches the activation information according to the information stored in the memory in the latch circuit. The activation information according to the memory state of the memory is latched at the time of inputting a given command after activation, and it is thus possible to read the information stored in the memory and set the information in the latch circuit certainly.


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