Method for programming and reading a plurality of one-time programmable memory blocks
US6728137B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2216/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for controlling programming and reading operations of a plurality of one-time programmable (OTP) memory blocks includes (a) selecting an un-programmed OTP memory block from the OTP memory blocks according to status of the OTP memory blocks recorded In a memory element, (b) programming the selected OTP memory block, and (c) updating the status of the OTP memory blocks recorded in the memory element so as to record that the selected OTP memory block is programmed.
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