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US07656220B2 Semiconductor device employing fuse circuit and method for selecting fuse circuit system 失效
采用熔丝电路的半导体装置及熔丝电路系统的选择方法

Semiconductor device employing fuse circuit and method for selecting fuse circuit system
Abstract:
Disclosed are a semiconductor device capable of reducing the number of program fuses used therein, and a fuse circuit selection method capable of reducing the number of program fuses. The semiconductor device includes: a fuse circuit (11) and an entire inversion fuse circuit (12), each of which includes plural program fuses, and which store desired addresses based on cutting patterns of the plural program fuses, wherein the fuse circuit (11) and the entire inversion fuse circuit (12) are configured to be capable of storing addresses different from each other based on the same cutting pattern. As described above, since plural types of the cutting patterns of the program fuses exist even in the same address, the fuse circuit for use is appropriately selected, thus it is made possible to reduce the number of fuse elements to be cut as a whole. Thus, manufacturing cost of the semiconductor device can be reduced, and in addition, it is made possible to enhance reliability of the semiconductor device.
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