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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Luc Wuidart, Pourrieres, FR;
Michel Bardouillet, Rousset, FR;
Alexandre Malherbe, Trets, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A one-time programmable memory cell and the programming thereof including a programming transistor which is disposed in series with a polycrystalline silicon programming resistor forming the memory element. The programming is non-destructive with respect to the polycrystalline silicon resistor.