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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Akhilesh Gautam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suresh Uppal, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Min-hwa Chi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/12 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01); H01L 27/112 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/12 (2013.01); G11C 17/18 (2013.01); H01L 27/11233 (2013.01);
Abstract
At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed involves hard-coding data into an integrated circuit device. An integrated circuit device provided. Data for hard-wiring information into a portion of the integrated circuit device is received. A stress voltage signal is provided to a portion of a transistor of the integrated circuit device for causing a dielectric breakdown of the portion of the transistor for hard-wiring the data.