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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Naoharu Shinozaki, Kangawa, JP;
Inventor:
Naoharu Shinozaki, Kangawa, JP;
Assignee:
Spanion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device and a control method thereof that include a memory cell array having a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells and a control circuit. The control circuit starts a first operation of the memory cells in a part of the region of the memory cell array when a first command is input, then decides whether to temporarily suspend the first operation or to reset the first operation when a second command is input, and temporarily suspends the first operation if the control circuit decides to temporarily suspend the first operation, and terminates the first operation if the control circuit decides to reset the first operation.