Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,868,679) developed by Van Antwerpen, Hans, Mountain View, CA, Zitlaw, Cliff, San Jose, CA, Rosner, Stephan, Campbell, CA, Yogev, Yoav, Mazkeret Batya, Israel, Krishnegowda, Sandeep, Santa Clara, CA, and Wilson, Steven, Fremont, CA, for “nonvolatile memory device with regions having separately programmable secure access features and related methods and systems.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A device can include a plurality of regions, each region including a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells: a permission store configured to store a set of permission values, including at least one permission value for each region in a nonvolatile fashion, and access control circuits configured to control access to each region according to the permission value for the region, including one or more of requiring authentication to access the region, encrypting data read from the region, and decrypting data for storage in the region. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.”

The patent application was filed on March 23, 2020 (16/827,478).