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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Christopher B. Cooper, Boise, ID (US);
Ming-Bo Liu, Boise, ID (US);
Chris G. Martin, Boise, ID (US);
Troy A. Manning, Meridian, ID (US);
Stephen L. Casper, Boise, ID (US);
Charles H. Dennison, Meridian, ID (US);
Brian M. Shirley, Boise, ID (US);
Brian L. Brown, Allen, TX (US);
Shubneesh Batra, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A method for storing a temperature threshold in an integrated circuit includes measuring operating parameters of the integrated circuit versus temperature, calculating a maximum temperature at which the integrated circuit performance exceeds predetermined specifications and storing parameters corresponding to the maximum temperature in a comparison circuit in the integrated circuit by selectively blowing fusable devices in the comparison circuit. The fusable devices may be antifuses. As a result, the integrated circuit is able to provide signals to devices external to the integrated circuit to indicate that the integrated circuit may be too hot to operate properly.