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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Vladislav Vashchenko, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Philipp Lindorfer, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vladislav Vashchenko, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Philipp Lindorfer, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 37/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a fuse-based programmable circuit block, the poly-fuse is burned out by making use of a snapback device connected in series with the poly-fuse.