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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuo Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Amari, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsaku Tokitou, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Torige, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Arima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/165 (2013.01); G11C 17/18 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory element includes: an electrical fuse provided to be inserted between a first input node and a second input node; and an antifuse provided to be inserted between the second input node and a third input node. The third input node is configured to be a node to which a voltage is allowed to be applied separately from a voltage to be applied to the first input node.