Texas Instruments Corporation

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Sebastiano D'Arrigo

Giuliano Imondi

Michael C Smayling

A fuse circuit for an integrated circuit chip which includes a non-volatile memory element, a circuit programmer for the memory element, and a read circuit for detecting the programmed states of the memory element and providing output signal levels corresponding to the programmed states. A switch is coupled to the read circuit output and switches from an open to a closed position in response to a selected output signal level.

Electrically programmable fuse circuit for an integrated-circuit chip

An array of electrically programmable semiconductor memory cells of a type having electrically conducting odd and even row lines, left and right column and ground lines and field oxide regions separating adjacent left and right cells. The array has a field plate over the field oxide region which extends underneath both odd and even row lines. A driver is coupled to the odd and even row lines in order to drive one of them to substantially ground potential while the other is driven high to a cell selection voltage.

Method of forming a field plate in a high voltage array

An integrated circuit oscillator which includes a capacitor, a reference current source coupled to the capacitor used to charge the latter, and a trigger circuit coupled to the capacitor having an upper input threshold for changing from a first state to a second state and a lower input threshold for changing from the second to the first state. A discharge circuit is coupled to the trigger circuit and is operative to discharge the capacitor in response to the trigger circuit changing states and to cease the discharging on changing back to its original state.

Method and circuit for trimming the frequency of an oscillator

A device for controlling the states of various parts of a main circuit during 'power-on' operations which includes an auxiliary circuit for generating a disabling signal when the value of the main circuit supply voltage is below a threshold value for use in disabling the parts of the main circuit.

Power-up control circuit including a comparator, Schmitt trigger, and

A circuit for sensing a voltage present on an input line higher than a supply voltage V.sub.DD which includes an isolation switch coupled between the input line and an output line, a threshold adjustment diode coupled in series with the isolation switch also between the input and output lines for establishing a voltage above V.sub.DD at which the isolation switch turns on and a constant current source coupled from an output of the sensing circuit and ground.

High voltage pulse detector with controllable current consumption

An oscillator for an integrated circuit which includes a Schmitt trigger having an upper threshold voltage V.sub.H and a lower threshold voltage V.sub.L, a capacitor coupled between an input to the trigger and ground, a current generator coupled to the trigger input for charging the capacitor at a constant rate and a current generator coupled to the trigger input for discharging the capacitor at a constant rate. A charge switch in series with the charging current generator reversibly couples the charging current generator between a source of high voltage and the trigger input in response to a change in state of the trigger from a first state to a second state. A discharge switch in series with the discharging current generator reversibly couples the latter across the capacitor in response to a change in state of the trigger from the second state to the first state.

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