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US 12,001,689 B2Granted
Transparently attached flash memory security
AssigneeMicrochip Technology Incorporated
InventorsBrian J. Marley, Richard E. Wahler
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an interface circuit and a monitor circuit communicatively coupled to the interface circuit. The monitor circuit is configured to identify a command issued to a memory communicatively coupled to the monitor circuit through the interface circuit, determine whether the command is authorized, and, based on a determination that the command is not authorized, cancel the command.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- identifying a command issued to a memory;
- determining that the command is not authorized;
- and
- based on a determination that the command is not authorized, cancelling the command;
- wherein cancelling the command includes resetting a source of the command before issuance of a completed chip select signal to the memory.
2 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- an interface circuit;
- and
- a monitor circuit communicatively coupled to the interface circuit, the monitor circuit to:
- identify a command issued to a memory communicatively coupled to the monitor circuit through the interface circuit, the command issued from a source through the interface circuit to the memory;
- determine that the command is not authorized;
- and
- based on the determination that the command is not authorized, cancel the command;
- wherein to cancel the command includes to reset the source of the command before issuance of a completed chip select signal to the memory.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.