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Semiconductor apparatus

US6377493B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2000
Grant dateApr 23, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/328
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To correct a software bug in a microcomputer for use in various electric apparatus having a mask ROM mounted therein without correcting the mask ROM.When there is a bug in a first data, a predetermined bit of a second data is arranged to be rewritten. Thereby, the software bug of the microcomputer is corrected.

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