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US 2002/0166009 A1Published application
USB interface flash memory card reader with a built-in flash memory
AssigneePower Quotient International Co., Ltd.
InventorTony Lin
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Abstract
A USB interface flash memory card reader is attached with a built-in flash memory so that the card reader itself provides a function of data storage in addition to a function of reading data in a flash memory card or writing data into the flash memory card.
Claims4
A USB interface flash memory card reader with built-in flash memory, comprising
- a casing, being composed of an upper cover and a lower cover joining to each other, and providing an inner space;
- a printed circuit board, being disposed in the casing, providing a micro controller for decoding orders of a main unit such as data read, data write, and data delete;
- a USB terminal, being disposed outside the casing, and connecting with the printed circuit board by way of a wire;
- a socket, being disposed outside the casing, connecting with the printed circuit board by way of a circuit, and having a slot being detachably inserted by a flash memory;
- a flash memory, being disposed on the printed circuit board;
- a semiconductor switch, being disposed on the printed circuit board, being able to shift to a state of “ON” or “OFF” based on different trigger voltage positions so as to result in the built in flash memory connecting with or disconnecting from the micro controller;
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- an application circuit for memory shift, triggering the semiconductor switch in accordance with the flash memory card inserting into or taking out from the socket to shift to the built-in flash memory or to the flash memory card automatically.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.