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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anil Chowdary Kota, San Diego, CA (US);
Keejong Kim, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Hochul Lee, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G11C 7/1057 (2013.01); G11C 7/1087 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 29/14 (2013.01); G11C 2207/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for testing a one-time programmable (OTP) memory device, including the functionality of a sense amplifier circuit. The OTP memory device includes a memory array, an input latch circuit, and a sense amplifier circuit comprising a current source and a multiplexer. The multiplexer has a first input coupled to an output of the memory array, a second input coupled to the input latch circuit, and an output coupled to an input of the current source circuit.