Patent №
US 6,662,279
Granted
2003-12-09
Filed 2001
Owner
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09801216
A method of masking input data in a synchronous non-volatile flash memory. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a data mask connection is used to receive a mask signal. The mask signal forces at least a portion of input data having a programmed state to an erased state. In another embodiment, control circuitry is used to control write operations to memory cells of a memory array. In this embodiment, the control circuitry does not write input data having an erased state to the memory array.
AI classification
Ownership
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
assignment · 115910270
Assignors
ROOHPARVAR, FRANKIE F.
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