Intel£ Advanced+ Boot Block Flash Memory (C3)
5.6.1
Program Protection
In addition to the flexible block locking, the VPP programming voltage can be held low for absolute
hardware write protection of all blocks in the flash device. When VPP is below or equal to VPPLK,
any Program or Erase operation will result in an error, prompting the corresponding status-register
bit (SR[3]) to be set.
Figure 7. Example Power Supply Configurations
System Supply
12 V Supply
VCC
VPP
10 ≤ KΩ
12 V Fast Programming
Absolute Write Protection With V PP ≤ VPPLK
System Supply
(Note 1)
VCC
VPP
12 V Supply
Low Voltage and 12 V Fast Programming
System Supply
VCC
Prot#
VPP
(Logic Signal)
Low-Voltage Programming
Absolute Write Protection via Logic Signal
System Supply
VCC
VPP
Low-Voltage Programming
NOTE:
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1. A resistor can be used if the VCC supply can sink adequate current based on resistor value. See AP-657
Designing with the Advanced+ Boot Block Flash Memory Architecture for details.
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