发明授权
US07228377B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit device, IC card, and mobile terminal
有权
半导体集成电路器件,IC卡和移动终端
- 专利标题: Semiconductor integrated circuit device, IC card, and mobile terminal
- 专利标题(中): 半导体集成电路器件,IC卡和移动终端
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申请号: US10857888申请日: 2004-06-02
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公开(公告)号: US07228377B2公开(公告)日: 2007-06-05
- 发明人: Takanori Yamazoe , Takashi Tase , Junji Shigeta , Nobutaka Nagasaki , Eiji Yamasaki , Nobuhiro Oodaira , Kozo Katayama
- 申请人: Takanori Yamazoe , Takashi Tase , Junji Shigeta , Nobutaka Nagasaki , Eiji Yamasaki , Nobuhiro Oodaira , Kozo Katayama
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: Renesas, Technology Corp.
- 当前专利权人: Renesas, Technology Corp.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 代理机构: Reed Smith LLP
- 代理商 Stanley P. Fisher, Esq.; Juan Carlos A. Marquez, Esq.
- 优先权: JP2003-162468 20030606
- 主分类号: G06F12/00
- IPC分类号: G06F12/00
摘要:
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device equipped with a flash memory and an EEPROM which are nonvolatile memories, the invention provides a technique that makes it possible to restrict an EEPROM capacity to a minimum necessary amount and reduce a chip area. Data of a minimal size required for one application program and rewritten frequently is stored in the EEPROM, and the EEPROM is configured to have a capacity of about that minimal size. Data of the same size that are respectively handled by other applications and rewritten frequently are stored in the flash memory. With respect to an application that is actually used, its data stored in the flash memory is transferred to the EEPROM and used. Data transfer between the flash memory and the EEPROM is performed if necessary. Consequently, the EEPROM capacity can be reduced and chip area reduction can be achieved.