Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit and method for characterizing the performance of a sense amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 用于表征读出放大器性能的电路和方法
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Application No.: US12856824Application Date: 2010-08-16
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Publication No.: US08207783B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Wei-Li Liao , Sung-Chieh Lin , Kuoyuan Hsu
- Applicant: Wei-Li Liao , Sung-Chieh Lin , Kuoyuan Hsu
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: H01H37/76
- IPC: H01H37/76

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes a sensing circuit, a fuse box, and a fuse bus decoder. The sensing circuit includes an output node, and the fuse box includes a plurality of switches coupled in series with a plurality of resistive elements. The fuse box is coupled to the output node of the sensing circuit from which the fuse box is configured to receive a current. The fuse bus decoder is coupled to the fuse box and includes at least one demultiplexer configured to receive a signal and in response output a plurality of control signals for selectively opening and closing the switches of the fuse box to adjust a resistance across the fuse box. A voltage of the output node of the sense amplifier is based on a resistance the fuse box and the current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120038410A1 CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF A SENSE AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2012-02-16
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