Microcomputer having CPU and built-in flash memory that is rewritable under control of the CPU analyzing a command supplied from an external device
US5687345A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10B69/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing apparatus having a built-in flash memory and being capable of performing a rewriting operation of the built-in flash memory, by use of versatilely used PROM writer, has a CPU, an electrically rewritable nonvolatile flash memory both formed in a single semiconductor substrate, and is operable in a mode in which the built-in flash memory is rewritable in accordance with commands supplied from a PROM writer. The data processing apparatus has a command latch which is externally writable when the above-mentioned operation mode is established, a command analyzer, that is, a command decoder, and a sequence controller for controlling a sequence of a rewriting operation of the flash memory in accordance with the decoded output of the command analyzer. The command analyzer and sequence controller may be realized by the CPU.
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