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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Yung-chen Lin, Hsinchu County, TW;
Ya-chun Chang, Tainan, TW;
Yung-Chen Lin, Hsinchu County, TW;
Ya-Chun Chang, Tainan, TW;
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Abstract
A serial interface flash memory apparatus and a writing method for a status register thereof are disclosed. The writing method for the status register mentioned above includes: receiving a write command with an updated data for the status register; writing the updated data to a volatile latch and set an update flag according to whether or not a write-protected data in the status register is updated by the write command; and writing the data from the volatile latch to the status register according to the update flag when a power down process of the serial interface flash memory apparatus is processed.