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Device and method for non-volatile storage of a status value

US7660169B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Jan Otterstedt · Unterhaching, DE
Christian Peters · Mountain View, US
Dirk Rabe · Munich, DE
Holger Sedlak · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2006
Grant date	Feb 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/55
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for non-volatile storage of a status value indicating that there has been a condition, including a non-volatile storage, an energy storage for storing energy when applying a supply voltage, and a switching circuit to couple the energy storage to the non-volatile storage to write the status value thereto if the condition is present.

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