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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
Inventors:
Stephane Lacouture, Isere, FR;
Joel Damiens, Le Touvet, FR;
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS SA, Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/18 (2006.01); G11C 17/14 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/18 (2013.01); G11C 5/145 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 17/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
For programming an antifuse memory, the power consumption of the memory is assessed during programming mode. The power consumption is compared with a threshold. When the threshold is exceeded, indicative of successful programming of the antifuse memory cell, the programming mode is terminated.