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US 7,009,883 B2Granted
Automatic programming time selection for one time programmable memory
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsTony M. Turner, Myron Buer
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Abstract
A method of programming a memory includes the steps of attempting to program a bit at a designated address for a predetermined time; testing the bit to see if it has been programmed; increasing the predetermined time by approximately an order of magnitude; repeating the previous steps (until the bit at the designated address is programmed; and repeating all the previous steps by advancing the designated address until all bits in the memory are programmed.
Claims4
A method of programming a memory comprising:
- (a) attempting to program a bit at a designated address for a predetermined time;
- (b) testing the bit to see if it has been programmed;
- (c) increasing the predetermined time by approximately an order of magnitude;
- (d) repeating steps (a)–(c) until the bit at the designated address is programmed;
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- (e) repeating steps (a)–(d) by advancing the designated address until all bits in the memory are programmed.
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A method of programming a memory comprising:
- (a) attempting to program a bit for a predetermined program time;
- (b) testing the bit to see if the bit has been programmed;
- (c) repeating steps (a)–(b) with a program time that is increased by an order of magnitude until the bit is programmed;
- (d) repeating steps (a)–(c) by advancing to a next address until all bits are programmed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.