Software programmable write-once fuse memory

Details Software programmable write-once fuse memory Software programmable write-once fuse memory

1998-03-09

1999-11-23

Nelms, David

Static information storage and retrieval

Read/write circuit

Having fuse element

365 96, G11C 700

Patent

active

059912200

ABSTRACT:
Blowable fuses on an integrated circuit are programmed in software, responsive to the control of an addressable memory which communicates with the peripheral data bus of a digital processor to allow increased flexibility of the programming operation, and to allow for correction both during the manufacturing process and after packaging of the manufactured integrated circuit. In a preferred embodiment, the fuses are operated (i.e., blown) responsive to transistor switching elements present on the integrated circuit and which are controlled by the addressable memory. The switching elements, and the associated fuses, can be accessed through software in similar fashion to any other peripheral device. The preferred addressable memory includes an instruction register and a data register, which are loaded from and write to the peripheral data bus. Internally, the data register includes an array of registers corresponding to the fuse links with which the system is associated. Data words in the registers are written from or read to the data register tinder the control of instructions in the instruction register, and the fuses are then blown serially, by reference to the data in the registers.

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