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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Richard K. Eguchi, Austin, TX (US);
Jon S. Choy, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard K. Eguchi, Austin, TX (US);
Jon S. Choy, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/145 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01); G11C 29/021 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with at least one embodiment, an onboard analog-to-digital converter (ADC) on a system-on-a-chip (SOC) is utilized to determine whether a charge pump output for a non-volatile memory (NVM) is correct or not. The SOC is directed to wait until the output is within an expected range before moving to the next step in a start-up procedure. If the maximum allowed start-up time is exceeded, an error signal is sent to the SOC such that the application can react to it.