Patent · US Expired

Programmable fuse circuit

US4446534A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1980
Grant dateMay 1, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C8/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable fuse circuit has a fusable polysilicon element programmable in response to an "illegal" condition on existing pins of an integrated circuit. This programmable fuse circuit is incorporated in a programmable partial memory circuit, a reconfigurable format memory circuit, and a chip select circuit.

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