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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael A. Sadd, Austin, TX (US);

Anirban Roy, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H03J 5/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/28 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); H01L 23/525 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03J 5/02 (2013.01); G11C 29/021 (2013.01); G11C 29/28 (2013.01); G11C 29/50008 (2013.01); H01L 23/525 (2013.01); H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 23/5228 (2013.01); H01L 23/53271 (2013.01); H01L 27/0629 (2013.01); G02F 2203/48 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01); H03K 19/00369 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides circuit and method embodiments for calibrating a signal of an integrated circuit. A programmable resistive element is coupled in series with a node of the integrated circuit, where at least part of the integrated circuit is formed in at least one front end of line (FEOL) device level. The programmable resistive element is formed in at least one back end of line (BEOL) wiring level, and the programmable resistive element is in a non-volatile resistive state that is variable across a plurality of non-volatile resistive states in response to a program signal applied to the programmable resistive element.


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