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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Isoda, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Negishi, Yokohama, JP;
Wataru Endo, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate, a transistor provided on the substrate and connected to a first terminal supplied with a first voltage, an anti-fuse element provided on the substrate and connected between the transistor and a second terminal supplied with a second voltage, a first resistive element provided on the substrate and connected in parallel to the anti-fuse element and between the transistor and the second terminal, and an adjusting unit provided on the substrate and configured to function so as to reduce an influence of variation in resistance of the first resistive element in reading out of information from the anti-fuse element.