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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Agiga Tech Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ronald H. Sartore, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
AgigA Tech Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 14/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2013.01); G11C 5/145 (2013.01); G11C 5/141 (2013.01); G11C 14/0018 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory module includes volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The module includes logic to check if a non-volatile memory comprises un-erased areas, and if the non-volatile memory comprises un-erased areas, to elevate a backup capacitor potential above a predetermined operating potential sufficient to power a backup of a volatile memory to the non-volatile memory. The module includes logic to ERASE the un-erased areas and to return the capacitor to the predetermined operating potential after the ERASE is complete.