DE19980546T1 - Flash-Speicherkarte mit erweiterter Betriebsmodus-Erkennung und benutzerfreundlichem Schnittstellensystem - Google Patents

Flash-Speicherkarte mit erweiterter Betriebsmodus-Erkennung und benutzerfreundlichem Schnittstellensystem

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DE19980546T1
DE19980546T1 DE19980546T DE19980546T DE19980546T1 DE 19980546 T1 DE19980546 T1 DE 19980546T1 DE 19980546 T DE19980546 T DE 19980546T DE 19980546 T DE19980546 T DE 19980546T DE 19980546 T1 DE19980546 T1 DE 19980546T1
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Petro Estakhri
Mahmud Assar
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Micron Technology Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C7/00—Arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store
    • G11C7/20—Memory cell initialisation circuits, e.g. when powering up or down, memory clear, latent image memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F13/00—Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
    • G06F13/38—Information transfer, e.g. on bus
    • G06F13/382—Information transfer, e.g. on bus using universal interface adapter
    • G06F13/387—Information transfer, e.g. on bus using universal interface adapter for adaptation of different data processing systems to different peripheral devices, e.g. protocol converters for incompatible systems, open system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F13/00—Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
    • G06F13/38—Information transfer, e.g. on bus
    • G06F13/40—Bus structure
    • G06F13/4063—Device-to-bus coupling
    • G06F13/4068—Electrical coupling
    • G06F13/4081—Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C7/00—Arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store
    • G11C7/10—Input/output [I/O] data interface arrangements, e.g. I/O data control circuits, I/O data buffers
    • G11C7/1015—Read-write modes for single port memories, i.e. having either a random port or a serial port
    • G11C7/1045—Read-write mode select circuits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
    • G06F2213/0042—Universal serial bus [USB]
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US09/034,173 1998-03-02
US09/034,173 US6182162B1 (en) 1998-03-02 1998-03-02 Externally coupled compact flash memory card that configures itself one of a plurality of appropriate operating protocol modes of a host computer
US09/234,430 US6385667B1 (en) 1998-03-02 1999-01-20 System for configuring a flash memory card with enhanced operating mode detection and user-friendly interfacing system
US09/234,430 1999-01-20
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