Electronic apparatus having non-volatile memory and method for controlling the same

Electronic apparatus having non-volatile memory and method for controlling the same

Electronic apparatus, comprising: non-volatile memory configured to be written to or read from in memory portions which are erased a sector at a time, each said sector comprising a plurality of said portions, and the memory having at least three said sectors each of which is adapted to be erased ind...

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Hauptverfasser: Willam Marc, Sturm Hartmut, Landenbach Richard, Dieffenbach Kai
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
INFORMATION STORAGE
PHYSICS
STATIC STORES
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Zusammenfassung:Electronic apparatus, comprising: non-volatile memory configured to be written to or read from in memory portions which are erased a sector at a time, each said sector comprising a plurality of said portions, and the memory having at least three said sectors each of which is adapted to be erased independently of the others; and control means operable to control erasing of the sectors, wherein: the control means is configured to store in a plurality of the sectors other than a target said sector erasure information concerning an erasure procedure, the erasure procedure involving erasing the target sector, so that such information in the sectors may be inspected to establish a suitable recovery procedure following an interruption event.