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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Stichting Imec Nederland, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Tobias Gemmeke, Straelen, DE;

Julien Penders, Liège, BE;

Carlos Agell, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

Stichting IMEC Nederland, Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory control system for controlling read and write operations of a non-volatile memory, wherein the memory control system comprises a memory controller that is adapted to implement a write operation for writing at least one block of data to the memory as a sequence of memory write and validation cycles for part of all of the data. In one example, the number of cycles is a function of the amount of successfully written data per cycle and is thus variable in dependence on the success of the data writing. The system also includes a power management unit, which is adapted to authorize or prevent the memory controller from conducting the write operation at the level of the write cycles thereby to control the timing of power consumption resulting from the cycles of the write operation.


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