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Adjacent row shift redundancy circuit having signal restorer coupled to programmable links and a method thereof

US5608685A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1995
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/787
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A redundancy circuit for a semiconductor memory device utilizes a fuse ladder comprising alternating programmable resistive fuses and signal restorers connected to one another in series. The signal restorers coupled between the fuses prevent the formation of a high impedance resistive line with a floating node when one of the fuses in the ladder is blown.

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