Patent ID: 7447080
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for executing a write command for writing a binary word in a programmable memory, the method comprising successively: erasing memory cells in which bits of the binary word to be written are to be stored, if a write mode configuration parameter has a value indicating that a word is written in the memory with prior erasing of said memory cells in which the bits of the binary word to be written are to be stored; writing each of a plurality of bits in a programmed state of the binary word to be written in a corresponding memory cell of the memory; reading each bit of the binary word written in the memory, or only each bit of the binary word written in the memory corresponding to a bit in the programmed state of the binary word to be written, depending on the value of the write mode configuration parameter; and comparing each bit read from the memory with a corresponding bit of the binary word to be written.