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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A one transistor, non-volatile programmable switch comprises a first node and a second node coupled with corresponding circuit elements in an integrated circuit. A single, non-volatile programmable transistor having a drain coupled to one of the first node and second node, a source coupled to the other of the first node and second node, gate coupled to an energizing conductor, the data storage structure constitute the programmable switch. The non-volatile programmable transistor consists of a mask programmable ROM cell, or a charge programmable device, in which the data storage structure comprises a floating gate or a nitride layer, or other charge trapping layer, between oxides or other insulators.