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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 11/5692 (2013.01); G11C 17/18 (2013.01); G11C 2211/563 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5624 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antifuse memory device includes an antifuse memory cell, a reference current generation unit, and a comparison unit. The antifuse memory cell includes an antifuse. The reference current generation unit provides a reference current selected from a plurality of reference currents. The comparison unit compares an intensity of a cell current flowing through the antifuse with an intensity of the reference current and provides an output signal corresponding to a result of the comparison.