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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Ulrich Frey, Dresden, DE;
Gunther Lehmann, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Ulrich Frey, Dresden, DE;
Gunther Lehmann, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An antifuse apparatus includes first and second independent current paths connected to an antifuse. One of the current paths can be used to program the antifuse, and the other current path can be used to detect the status (programmed or not programmed) of the antifuse.