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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Ho-Kil Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-Joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jin-Yub Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Kyu Jo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seung-Jae Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jong-Hoon Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a non-volatile memory includes; during power-on, reading control information from an information block and lock information from an additional information block, then upon determining that a secure block should be locked, generating a lock enable signal that inhibits access to data stored in the secure block, and a read-only enable signal that prevents change in the data stored in the additional information block.