# US 11,906,560 B2 · System and method of measuring fuse resistance and non-transitory computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,560 B2 - Document ID: US11906560B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/643,184 - Filed: 2021-12-08 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-08 - Assignees: Nanya Technology Corporation - Applicants: Nanya Technology Corporation - Inventors: Mei Chuan Peng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906560B2 ## CPC - G01R 27/08: Measuring resistance by measuring both voltage and current - G01R 31/74: Testing of fuses - G01R 27/14: Measuring resistance by measuring current or voltage obtained from a reference source (G01R27/16, G01R27/20, G01R27/22 take precedence) - G01R 31/52: Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) ## Abstract A method of measuring a fuse resistance includes steps as follows. A predetermined voltage value of a force voltage on a common ground (CGND) bus electrically connected to at least one fuse element, a first current value of a measured current through the CGND bus in a first condition, and a second current value of another measured current through the CGND bus in a second condition are preloaded. The second current value is subtracted from the first current value, so as to get a subtracted current value, thereby removing a value of a leakage current through the CGND bus. The predetermined voltage value is divided by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the at least one fuse element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system of measuring a fuse resistance, and the system comprising: a storage device configured to store a predetermined voltage value of a force voltage on a common ground (CGND) bus electrically connected to at least one fuse element, a first current value of a measured current through the CGND bus in a first condition, a second current value of another measured current through the CGND bus in a second condition, and at least one instruction; and a processor electrically connected to the storage device and configured to access and execute the at least one instruction for: subtracting the second current value from the first current value, so as to get a subtracted current value, thereby removing a value of a leakage current through the CGND bus; dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the at least one fuse element; setting the first condition indicating that a selected transistor unit of a plurality of transistor units operates in a linear region and remaining transistor units of the transistor units are turned off while the force voltage is applied to the CGND bus; and setting the second condition indicating that the transistor units are turned off totally while the force voltage is applied to the CGND bus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fuse element comprises a plurality of fuse elements electrically connected to the CGND bus, the fuse elements are electrically connected to the transistor units respectively, and each of the transistor units comprises one or more transistors connected in series. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, further comprising: a measurement device electrically connected to a fuse circuit comprising the CGND bus, the fuse elements and the transistor units, and the measurement device configured to apply various voltages to the CGND bus progressively when turning on a selected transistor unit of the transistor units and turning off remaining transistor units of the transistor units, so as to measure various current values of various measured currents related to the various voltages from the fuse circuit, wherein the selected transistor unit is electrically connected to a selected fuse element of the fuse elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the storage device stores the various current values related to the various voltages, and the processor accesses and executes the at least one instruction for: setting the first condition indicating that the selected transistor unit operates in a linear region and the remaining transistor units are turned off while a first voltage of the various voltages is applied to the CGND bus; setting the second condition indicating that the selected transistor unit operates in the linear region and the remaining transistor units are turned off while a second voltage of the various voltages is applied to the CGND bus, and the second voltage is subtracted from the first voltage to equal the predetermined voltage value; and choosing the first current value and the second current value from the various current values related to the various voltages according to the first condition and the second condition before subtracting the second current value from the first current value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the processor accesses and executes the at least one instruction for: dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the selected fuse element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a measurement device electrically connected to a fuse circuit comprising the CGND bus, the fuse elements and the transistor units, and the measurement device configured to apply the force voltage to the CGND bus when turning on the selected transistor unit and turning off the remaining transistor units, so as to measure the first current value of the measured current from the fuse circuit, and the measurement device further configured to apply the force voltage to the CGND bus when turning off the transistor units totally, so as to measure the second current value of the another measured current from the fuse circuit, wherein the selected transistor unit is electrically connected to a selected fuse element of the fuse elements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the processor accesses and executes the at least one instruction for: dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the selected fuse element. ### Claim 8 A method of measuring a fuse resistance, and the method comprising steps of: preloading a predetermined voltage value of a force voltage on a CGND bus electrically connected to at least one fuse element, a first current value of a measured current through the CGND bus in a first condition, a second current value of another measured current through the CGND bus in a second condition, and at least one instruction; subtracting the second current value from the first current value, so as to get a subtracted current value, thereby removing a value of a leakage current through the CGND bus; and dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the at least one fuse element, wherein the at least one fuse element comprises a plurality of fuse elements electrically connected to the CGND bus, the fuse elements are electrically connected to a plurality of transistor units respectively, each of the transistor units comprises one or more transistors connected in series, a fuse circuit comprising the CGND bus, the fuse elements and the transistor units, and the method further comprises: setting the first condition indicating that a selected transistor unit of the transistor units operates in a linear region and remaining transistor units of the transistor units are turned off while the force voltage is applied to the CGND bus; and setting the second condition indicating that the transistor units are turned off totally while the force voltage is applied to the CGND bus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: applying the force voltage to the CGND bus through a measurement device when turning on the selected transistor unit and turning off the remaining transistor units, so as to measure the first current value of the measured current from the fuse circuit; and applying the force voltage to the CGND bus through the measurement device when turning off the transistor units totally, so as to measure the second current value of the another measured current from the fuse circuit, wherein the selected transistor unit is electrically connected to a selected fuse element of the fuse elements. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: applying various voltages to the CGND bus progressively through a measurement device when turning on the selected transistor unit of the transistor units and turning off the remaining transistor units of the transistor units, so as to measure various current values of various measured currents related to the various voltages from the fuse circuit, wherein the selected transistor unit is electrically connected to a selected fuse element of the fuse elements. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: setting the first condition indicating that the selected transistor unit operates in a linear region and the remaining transistor units are turned off while a first voltage of the various voltages is applied to the CGND bus; setting the second condition indicating that the selected transistor unit operates in the linear region and the remaining transistor units are turned off while a second voltage of the various voltages is applied to the CGND bus, and the second voltage is subtracted from the first voltage to equal the predetermined voltage value; and choosing the first current value and the second current value from the various current values related to the various voltages according to the first condition and the second condition before subtracting the second current value from the first current value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the step of dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value comprises: dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the selected fuse element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the step of dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value comprises: dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the selected fuse element. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer readable medium to store a plurality of instructions for commanding a computer to execute a method of measuring a fuse resistance, and the method comprising steps of: preloading a predetermined voltage value of a force voltage on a CGND bus electrically connected to at least one fuse element, a first current value of a measured current through the CGND bus in a first condition, a second current value of another measured current through the CGND bus in a second condition, and at least one instruction; subtracting the second current value from the first current value, so as to get a subtracted current value, thereby removing a value of a leakage current through the CGND bus; dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the at least one fuse element; setting the first condition indicating that a selected transistor unit operates in a linear region and remaining transistor units are turned off while a first voltage of various voltages is applied to the CGND bus; setting the second condition indicating that the selected transistor unit operates in the linear region and the remaining transistor units are turned off while a second voltage of the various voltages is applied to the CGND bus, and the second voltage is subtracted from the first voltage to equal the predetermined voltage value; and choosing the first current value and the second current value from various current values related to the various voltages according to the first condition and the second condition before subtracting the second current value from the first current value, wherein the step of dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value comprises: dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of a selected fuse element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the at least one fuse element comprises a plurality of fuse elements electrically connected to the CGND bus, the fuse elements are electrically connected to a plurality of transistor units respectively, each of the transistor units comprises one or more transistors connected in series, a fuse circuit comprising the CGND bus, the fuse elements and the transistor units, and the method further comprises: setting the first condition indicating that a selected transistor unit of the transistor units operates in a linear region and remaining transistor units of the transistor units are turned off while the force voltage is applied to the CGND bus; and setting the second condition indicating that the transistor units are turned off totally while the force voltage is applied to the CGND bus. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: applying the force voltage to the CGND bus through a measurement device when turning on the selected transistor unit and turning off the remaining transistor units, so as to measure the first current value of the measured current from the fuse circuit; and applying the force voltage to the CGND bus through the measurement device when turning off the transistor units totally, so as to measure the second current value of the another measured current from the fuse circuit, wherein the selected transistor unit is electrically connected to a selected fuse element of the fuse elements, wherein the step of dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value comprises: dividing the predetermined voltage value by the subtracted current value to equal the fuse resistance of the selected fuse element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, the at least one fuse element comprises a plurality of fuse elements electrically connected to the CGND bus, the fuse elements are electrically connected to a plurality of transistor units respectively, each of the transistor units comprises one or more transistors connected in series, a fuse circuit comprising the CGND bus, the fuse elements and the transistor units, and the method further comprises: applying the various voltages to the CGND bus progressively through a measurement device when turning on the selected transistor unit of the transistor units and turning off the remaining transistor units of the transistor units, so as to measure the various current values of various measured currents related to the various voltages from the fuse circuit, wherein the selected transistor unit is electrically connected to the selected fuse element of the fuse elements.