Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – Redundant
Patent
1996-11-08
1998-03-03
Wambach, Margaret Rose
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
Redundant
327379, G06F 1116
Patent
active
057239991
ABSTRACT:
A row address detection circuit includes a fuse bank, including a plurality of fuses connected to a common node. A precharge circuit is connected to bias the common node at a supply voltage. The fuse bank is also coupled through an isolation circuit to a buffer circuit. Selected ones of the fuses are blown in a pattern corresponding to an address of a defective circuit to enable a redundant circuit to be substituted for the defective circuit. The isolation circuit allows the buffer circuit to measure the node voltage to determine if an input to a group of address select lines corresponds to the address of the defective circuit, yet isolates the buffer circuit from the common node to prevent partially blown fuses from placing an excessive load on the buffer circuit. In one embodiment, the isolation circuit is realized with a pair of transistors of opposite channel type coupled for synchronous switching to provide substantial isolation while minimizing voltage drop.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4689494 (1987-08-01), Chen et al.
patent: 4714839 (1987-12-01), Chung
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
Wambach Margaret Rose
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