Single chip embedded microcontroller having multiple...

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2006-04-18

2006-04-18

Anderson, Matthew D. (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C365S185290, C365S185330

Reexamination Certificate

active

07032064

ABSTRACT:
A single chip embedded microcontroller has a processor that communicates with multiple non-volatile erasable PROMS which may be an OTPROM and an EEPROM. The processor also communicates with a high voltage generator that produces the erase and write voltages for the OTPROM and EEPROM. A switch communicates with the high voltage generator and switches the erase and write voltages alternately between the OTPROM and EEPROM. The OTPROM and EEPROM are FLASH arrays. The FLASH array technology allows the EEPROM and OTPROM to have similar erase and write voltages and therefore to share one high voltage generator. The high voltage generator is switched alternately between the first and second non-volatile erasable PROM arrays to enforce the principle that the EEPROM and OTPROM cannot be written to or erased at the same and may only be written to or erased one at a time.

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