Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antifuse replacement determination circuit and method of semiconductor memory device
- Patent Title (中): 半导体存储器件的消毒替换判定电路及方法
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Application No.: US12129168Application Date: 2008-05-29
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Publication No.: US07672186B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Masamichi Ogishima
- Applicant: Masamichi Ogishima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-146718 20070601
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
An antifuse replacement determination circuit of a semiconductor memory device, in which the address of a bad memory cell is stored by destroying the insulation of an antifuse element, includes a charging circuit for charging a node of the antifuse element to have a predetermined voltage, and making the charge at the node self-discharge via the antifuse element after the charging of the node is completed; a comparison and determination circuit for comparing the voltage at the node of the antifuse element with a plurality of reference voltages when a predetermined time has elapsed after the completion of the charging of the node; and a determination part for determining, based on a determination result with respect to the comparison using the plurality of reference voltages in the comparison and determination circuit, whether or not replacement of the bad memory cell has been performed normally by using the antifuse element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080298145A1 ANTIFUSE REPLACEMENT DETERMINATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2008-12-04
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