Electronic fuse blow mimic and methods for adjusting...

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2007-01-30

2007-01-30

Nguyen, Vincent Q. (Department: 2858)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components

Of individual circuit component or element

C324S507000, C327S525000

Reexamination Certificate

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11276120

ABSTRACT:
A system, method and program product for adjusting an environmental variable of a fuse blow of an electronic fuse are disclosed. A mimic NFET is coupled to a fuse blow source voltage line, a fuse blow gate voltage line, and a chip ground in the same manner as the electronic fuse, except that the mimic NFET is not attached to a poly fuse link. The on current (ion) and off current (ioff) of the mimic NFET are measured to determine a blow current of the electronic fuse. The environmental variable is adjusted based on the determined blow current.

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