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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Alessandro Camera, Savona, IT;
Paolo Sandri, Milan, IT;
Ignazio Bellomo, Milan, IT;
Filippo Marino, Catania, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
An integrated device comprises at least one circuit element and a plurality of trimming elements which can be connected selectively to the at least one circuit element in order to achieve a predetermined tolerance of a characteristic parameter of the at least one circuit element; the integrated device includes a plurality of electronic switches, each of which can be switched between a first state and a second state in which it activates and deactivates a corresponding one of the trimming elements, respectively, and a memory for storing an indication of the states of the electronic switches and for operating each electronic switch in the first state or in the second state according to the indication stored.