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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:
Apr. 12, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Philippe Ganivet, Bouc Bel Air, FR;

Laurent Murillo, Marseilles, FR;

Inventors:

Philippe Ganivet, Bouc Bel Air, FR;

Laurent Murillo, Marseilles, FR;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for initializing a control device of a memory, the control device executing commands for accessing the memory transmitted to the memory by a control signal, the method comprising steps of detecting the switching on of the memory and of at least partially initializing the control device following the switching on of the memory. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises steps of detecting a specific event in the control signal, and of at least partially initializing the control device following the detection of the specific event.


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