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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
Gerd Frankowsky, Siegertsbrunn, DE;
Gerd Frankowsky, Siegertsbrunn, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for monitoring a state, in particular of a fuse (), having: a first state storage device () for storing a state, in particular of a fuse (); a second state storage device () for storing the state of the first state storage device (); and a logic device () for comparing the states of the two state stores (); the first state store () being able to be driven for renewed reading in of the state, in particular of the fuse (), in the event of a noncorrespondence of the states in the two stores (). The present invention likewise provides a method for monitoring a state, in particular of a fuse.