Rewriting protection of a size varying first region of a reprogrammable non-volatile memory
US5991849A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C16/22
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A program for rewriting data in an address region B is written in an address region A which can be rewritten by an external PROM writer. After resetting the microcomputer and rewriting the program in address region A, the reset state is cancelled and the last address in address region A of the EEPROM (1) is then stored in a register (17). An address detector (18) prohibits rewriting in address region A based on an address value stored in the register (17).
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