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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:
Aug. 25, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2005
Applicants:

Rino Micheloni, Turate, IT;

Roberto Ravasio, Ponte San Pietro, IT;

Angelo Bovino, Brunico, IT;

Vincenzo Altieri, Ercolano, IT;

Inventors:

Rino Micheloni, Turate, IT;

Roberto Ravasio, Ponte San Pietro, IT;

Angelo Bovino, Brunico, IT;

Vincenzo Altieri, Ercolano, IT;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A memory has one bus for data, addresses, and commands. A data register is coupled to the bus to store the data written to and read from the memory, a command register is coupled to the bus for receiving memory commands, and an address register is coupled to the bus to address the memory. The memory also includes an Error Correction Code circuit for calculating an ECC. The memory is configured to be responsive to external commands for controlling the operation of the ECC circuit for reading or writing of the ECC that are separate from external commands controlling reads or writes of the memory data. The memory may also include a status register that stores information regarding the passing or failing of the ECC.


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