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Electronic apparatus having non-volatile memory and method for controlling the same

US9471483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR EUROPE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Richard Landenbach · Langen (Hessen), DE
Marc Willam · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Hartmut Sturm · Germering, DE
Kai Dieffenbach · Egelsbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2011
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/7207
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronic apparatus, comprising: non-volatile memory configured to be written to or read from in memory portions which are erased a sector at a time, each said sector comprising a plurality of said portions, and the memory having at least three said sectors each of which is adapted to be erased independently of the others; and control means operable to control erasing of the sectors, wherein: the control means is configured to store in a plurality of the sectors other than a target said sector erasure information concerning an erasure procedure, the erasure procedure involving erasing the target sector, so that such information in the sectors may be inspected to establish a suitable recovery procedure following an interruption event.

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