System for configuring parameters for a flash memory
AssigneeAtmel Corporation
InventorsStefano Surico, Simone Bartoli, Mirella Marsella, Giorgio Bosisio
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Abstract
System for configuring parameters used in flash memory devices. A load instruction and associated address are retrieved from a memory, and the address is used to select a configuration register storing a configuration value. The configuration value is loaded to an associated dedicated register to configure a parameter of the flash memory in a flash memory operation.
Claims22
A system for configuring parameters for a flash memory, the system comprising:
- one or more configuration registers, each configuration register storing a configuration value;
- and
- a plurality of dedicated registers associated with a flash memory array,
- wherein to configure a parameter of the flash memory in a flash memory operation, one of the configuration values is loaded into one of the dedicated registers, wherein the loaded configuration value is from a configuration register pointed to by a particular address stored in a memory, the particular address associated with the parameter.
An apparatus for configuring parameters for a flash memory, the apparatus comprising:
- a retrieving mechanism operative to retrieve a load instruction and an associated address from a memory;
- a selecting mechanism operative to use the address to select a configuration register storing a configuration value;
- and
- a loading mechanism operative to load the configuration value to a dedicated register in the flash memory to configure an associated parameter of the flash memory in a flash memory operation.
An apparatus for configuring parameters for a flash memory, the apparatus comprising:
- means for retrieving a load instruction and an associated address from a read-only memory;
- means for using the address to select a configuration register storing a configuration value;
- and
- means for loading the configuration value to a dedicated register in the flash memory to configure an associated parameter of the flash memory in a flash memory operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.