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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013

Filed:

May. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Esin Terzioglu, San Diego, CA (US);

Gregory A. Uvieghara, San Diego, CA (US);

Mehdi H. Sani, San Diego, CA (US);

Anil Kota, San Diego, CA (US);

Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Esin Terzioglu, San Diego, CA (US);

Gregory A. Uvieghara, San Diego, CA (US);

Mehdi H. Sani, San Diego, CA (US);

Anil Kota, San Diego, CA (US);

Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a one-time programmable (OTP) memory circuit configured to be responsive to a programming voltage. The OTP memory circuit includes an OTP memory array including OTP memory cells, a first power switch configured to decouple the OTP memory array from the programming voltage, and a second power switch configured to decouple a subset of the OTP memory cells from the programming voltage.


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