Non-volatile memory with functional capability of burst mode read and page mode read during suspension of an operation of electrical alteration.

摘要

An electrically alterable semiconductor memory comprises at least two memory sectors (S1-S9) the content of which is individually alterable, and first control circuit means (4, 6) for controlling operations of electrical alteration of the content of the memory, capable of permitting the selective execution of an operation of electrical alteration of the content of one of said at least two memory sectors with the possibility of suspending said execution in order to permit read access to the other of said at least two memory sectors. The memory comprises second control circuit means (8, 6) capable of permitting, during said suspension, an operation of burst mode or page mode reading of the content of the other memory sector.