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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Minoru Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include a first data storage region including a non-volatile main data storage region. Additionally, the semiconductor device can include a second data storage region including a non-volatile reference region wherein an erasing operation and a writing operation are performed on both the first data storage region and the second data storage region. Moreover, the semiconductor device can also include a control unit coupled to the first and second data storage regions which determines a stress condition corresponding to the first data storage region based on a stress information related to the second data storage region.