Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Patent
1997-02-27
1999-08-10
Cabeca, John W.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
711 2, 711154, 36518511, 36518529, 36518533, 365218, G06F 1200, G11C 1134
Patent
active
059374241
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus suspend a program operation in a nonvolatile writeable memory. The nonvolatile writeable memory includes a memory array, a command register, and memory array control circuitry. The command register decodes a program suspend command and provides a suspend signal as an output. The memory array control circuitry is coupled to receive the suspend signal from the command register. The memory array control circuitry performs a program operation in which data is written to the memory array. The memory array control circuitry suspends the program operation upon receiving the suspend signal.
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Baker Alan E.
Bekele Fasil G.
Brown Charles W.
Dalvi Vishram Prakash
Haid Christopher John
Cabeca John W.
Intel Corporation
Thai Tuan V.
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