APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY ELEMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for opening a fuse formed on a semiconductor substrate. SOLUTION: This apparatus is an apparatus for opening an integrated circuit fuse by controllably passing current therethrough. The apparatus comprises a thyristor formed of CMOS device regi...

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Hauptverfasser:	RANBIA SING, KOHLER ROSS A, MCPARTLAND RICHARD J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY INFORMATION STORAGE PHYSICS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES STATIC STORES
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for opening a fuse formed on a semiconductor substrate. SOLUTION: This apparatus is an apparatus for opening an integrated circuit fuse by controllably passing current therethrough. The apparatus comprises a thyristor formed of CMOS device regions and having one or two control terminals for permitting current to flow through the thyristor into the fuse, to open the fuse. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI