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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Hellums, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327525 ; 327334 ;
Abstract
A fuse trim circuit includes: a fuse 40; and a logic gate 55 having a first input coupled to the fuse 40 and a second input coupled to a logic code such that the logic code bypasses the fuse 40 to avoid prestressing the fuse 40.