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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Igsoo Kwon, San Jose, CA (US);

Yeonuk Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Youncheul Kim, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

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

An e-fuse array circuit includes a high voltage pumping unit configured to generate a high voltage by pumping a power source voltage, a negative voltage pumping unit configured to generate a negative voltage by pumping a ground voltage, a program/read line supplied with the high voltage when a program operation is activated, a read voltage, which is lower than the high voltage, when a read operation is activated, or the negative voltage when deactivated, a row line supplied with the ground voltage when the row line is activated or the negative voltage when the row line is deactivated, an e-fuse device supplied with voltage of the program/read line, a switch device controlled by the row line and configured to electrically connect the e-fuse device with a column line, and a column circuit configured to supply the negative voltage to the column line when the column line is activated.


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