Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Having fuse element
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-05
2005-04-05
Hoang, Huan (Department: 2818)
Static information storage and retrieval
Read/write circuit
Having fuse element
C365S200000, C365S096000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06876594
ABSTRACT:
An integrated circuit (IC). The integrated circuit comprises an array (14) of data cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the data cells comprises an electrically programmable fuse (40), and each electrically programmable fuse comprises a current path for providing a first digital state when the current path is left intact and for providing a second digital state when the current path is destroyed. Each row of the plurality of rows comprises at least one cell reserved for providing a protection indicator for the row, wherein the protection indicator is selected from a set consisting of read protection and write protection. The integrated circuit also comprises control circuitry (12) for selectively destroying the programmable fuse in selected ones of the data cells in a programmation mode. The integrated circuit also comprises control circuitry (12) for reading selected ones of the data cells in a read mode.
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Griesmer Roger C.
Jensen Mark J.
Li Kun-His
Menezes Vinod J.
Pitts Robert L.
Brady III W. James
Hoang Huan
Stewart Alan K.
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