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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Rex Kho, Holzkirchen, DE;
Mathew Neal, Pfaffing, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 14/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/107 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G11C 7/24 (2013.01); G11C 14/009 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01);
Abstract
A embodiment relates to a method for processing an erase counter comprising erase counter fields, the method comprising the steps of (i) determining an unused erase counter field; (ii) writing a selection code and an address information in the unused erase counter field, wherein the selection code and the address information are combined to determine at least one physical address of a memory.