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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Prashant U. Kenkare, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey W. Waldrip, Austin, TX (US);
Alexander B. Hoefler, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Prashant U. Kenkare, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey W. Waldrip, Austin, TX (US);
Alexander B. Hoefler, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device having an OTP memory is disclosed. A program state of the OTP device is stored at a fuse that is connected in series between a first node and a latch. During a program mode, the first node is electrically connected to a program voltage. During a read mode, the first node is electrically connected to ground, whereby a first divided voltage is generated at a first node of the latch.