A method of quickly aborting an automated program or erase sequence on a nonvolatile memory array in which each operation of the sequence is performed by a write state machine. During each operation of the program or erase sequence, the state of an abort signal is detected to determine whether...http://www.google.de/patents/US5742787?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5742787 - Hardware reset of a write state machine for flash memory
