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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Shine Chien Chung, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yun-sheng Chen, Baoshan Shiang, TW;
Inventors:
Shine Chien Chung, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yun-Sheng Chen, Baoshan Shiang, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuse resistance monitoring system is disclosed to comprise at least one non-regenerative sense amplifier; at least one fuse module having at least one fuse cell coupled to a first terminal of the sense amplifier; and a reference resistor coupled to a second terminal of the sense amplifier, wherein a source voltage node between the fuse module and the sense amplifier is monitored to reflect a resistance of the fuse cell.