IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,654
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,654 · App. 12/833,861 · Granted May 13, 2014

Interrupt generation and acknowledgment for RFID

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Patent No.
US 8,723,654
App. No.
12/833,861
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory circuit includes a memory, a memory access control circuit coupled to the memory, an RFID interface coupled to the memory access control circuit, a secondary interface coupled to the memory access control circuit, and an interrupt manager coupled to the memory access control circuit, the RFID interface, and the secondary interface.

Claims (38)

1. A circuit controlling memory access comprising:

a memory;

a memory access control circuit coupled to the memory;

an RFID interface coupled to the memory access control circuit;

a secondary interface coupled to the memory access control circuit; and

an interrupt manager coupled to the memory access control circuit, the RFID interface, and the secondary interface, wherein the RFID interface allows the secondary interface to have access to the memory, the interrupt manager is configured to receive an interrupt command through the RFID interface, and the secondary interface is configured to acknowledge the interrupt command.

2. The circuit of claim 1 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to release the secondary interface for subsequent accesses.

3. The circuit of claim 1 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to disable the RFID interface from accessing the memory.

4. The circuit of claim 1 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to receive a termination command through the secondary interface.

5. The circuit of claim 4 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to disable the secondary interface.

6. The circuit of claim 4 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to enable the RFID interface.

7. The circuit of claim 1 wherein the memory comprises a FRAM memory.

8. The circuit of claim 1 wherein only one of the RFID interface or secondary interface is configured to be operational at a time.

9. An interrupt method for an RFID circuit having an RFID interface and a secondary interface, the interrupt method comprising:

receiving an interrupt signal through the RFID interface;

sending the interrupt signal to the secondary interface;

disabling the RFID interface;

receiving an interrupt end signal by the secondary interface;

clearing the interrupt signal; and

enabling the RFID interface.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising generating the interrupt signal using first and second trigger addresses.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising generating the interrupt signal by XORing first and second trigger data.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising using the RFID interface and the secondary interface to alternatively write data to a memory.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the memory comprises a FRAM memory.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the secondary interface communicates with an embedded microprocessor that generates the interrupt end signal.

15. A circuit controlling memory access comprising:

a memory;

a memory access control circuit coupled to the memory;

an RFID interface coupled to the memory access control circuit;

a secondary interface coupled to the memory access control circuit; and

an interrupt manager coupled to the memory access control circuit, the RFID interface, and the secondary interface, wherein the RFID interface allows the secondary interface to have access to the memory, the interrupt manager is configured to receive an interrupt command through the RFID interface, and the interrupt manager is configured to receive a termination command through the secondary interface.

16. The circuit of claim 15 wherein the secondary interface is configured to acknowledge the interrupt command.

17. The circuit of claim 16 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to release the secondary interface for subsequent accesses.

18. The circuit of claim 16 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to disable the RFID interface from accessing the memory.

19. The circuit of claim 15 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to disable the secondary interface.

20. The circuit of claim 15 wherein the interrupt manager is configured to enable the RFID interface.

21. The circuit of claim 15 wherein the memory comprises a FRAM memory.

22. The circuit of claim 15 configured to operate only one of the RFID interface or secondary interface at a time.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050896/0366 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2012
From: RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029408/0437 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2010
From: WHITAKER, MARK R.; MARENTETTE, LESLIE JOSEPH
To: RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024668/0460 →