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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicants:
Timothy J. Strauss, Granger, IN (US);
Thomas Jew, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Strauss, Granger, IN (US);
Thomas Jew, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanism for express storage of sensor data in response to an indication of a power fluctuation, power brownout or blackout that can affect operation of a microcontroller is provided. Embodiments provide a flash memory having memory space allocated to express storage of the sensor data, and a protocol machine configured to provide the desired information to reserved registers associated with express program/erase operations accessing the allocated memory space.