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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Douglas D. Smith, Mesa, AZ (US);
Myron Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Bassem Radieddine, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a high voltage switch used with a one-time programmable memory device and a method of setting a state of a one-time programmable memory device using such a high voltage switch. The memory device includes a plurality of one time programmable memory cells arranged in an array and adapted to be programmed using a high voltage, wherein each of the memory cells includes at least one storage element and two gated fuses connected to the storage element. A high voltage switch is connected to at least one of the memory cells and is adapted to switch in a high voltage.