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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Myron Buer, Savage, MN (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems that extend the capability of fuse elements, anti-fuse elements, and combinations thereof to enable multi-time programmable memory elements are provided. Accordingly, significantly reduced area requirements and control circuitry complexity of memory elements is enabled. The provided methods and systems can be used in non-volatile memory storage, and are suitable for use in system on chip (SoC) products.