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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Marc Vauclair, Overijse, BE;
Philippe Teuwen, Etterbeek, BE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A portion of a reprogrammable storage device is used to implement permanent data storage. The storage device includes a plurality of electrically erasable memory elements and a controller. The plurality of electrically erasable memory elements are configured to store data. Each memory element is programmable a number of write cycles before reaching a write failure state. The controller is coupled to the plurality of memory elements. The controller includes a receiver and a write engine. The receiver receives an instruction to drive a selected memory element to the write failure state. The write engine repeatedly writes a data value, in a plurality of write operations, to the selected memory element until the write failure state of the selected memory element is established.