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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Kyu-chang Kang, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Inventor:
Kyu-Chang Kang, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2013.01); G11C 7/08 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reading an antifuse in a semiconductor memory device during a power-up routine includes; generating a read voltage used during an antifuse read operation performed during the power-up routine to read data stored in an antifuse cell array of the antifuse, and beginning execution of the antifuse read operation only after an activation delay has elapsed following a sensing of the level of the read voltage.