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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas J Cutter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kurt D Beigel, Boise, ID (US);
Adrian E Ong, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Fan Ho, San Ramon, CA (US);
Patrick J Mullarkey, Meridian, ID (US);
Dien Luong, Boise, ID (US);
Brett Debenham, Meridian, ID (US);
Kim Pierce, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3652257 ; 365 96 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing antifuse programming time by connecting the programming voltage to the electrode of the antifuse element that has roughened polysilicon.