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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2007
Jin-hyun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jin-Hyun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A shift register including an electrical fuse and a method of operating the shift register are disclosed. The shift register includes a register flip-flop group circuit and a plurality of output circuits respectively receiving a plurality of enable signals. Each output circuit includes a fuse control flip-flop receiving one of the plurality of enable signals and outputting a fuse control signal in response to the one enable signal. Each output circuit also includes an electrical fuse receiving the fuse control signal and outputting an electrical fuse mode signal, and a multiplexer outputting either the register output signal or the electrical fuse mode signal as a final output signal in accordance with the one enable signal.