Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
On-chip resistance monitor and diagnoses for electrical fuses
A fuse resistance monitoring system is disclosed to comprise at least one non-regenerative sense amplifier; at least one fuse module having at least one fuse cell coupled to a first terminal of the sense amplifier; and a reference resistor coupled to a second terminal of the sense amplifier, wherein a source voltage node between the fuse module and the sense amplifier is monitored to reflect a resistance of the fuse cell.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Shine Chien Yun-Sheng
Chung Chen