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US 2008/0180983 A1Published application
Semiconductor device with a plurality of different one time programmable elements
AssigneeQimonda AG
InventorJoerg Vollrath
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Abstract
A semiconductor device and method with a plurality of different one time programmable elements. One embodiment provides a semiconductor device having a plurality of different one time programmable elements that form a group of one time programmable elements, wherein at least one bit of information is jointly stored by the plurality of different one time programmable elements of the group.
Claims25
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a plurality of different one-time programmable elements that form a group of one-time programmable elements, wherein at least one bit of information is stored jointly by the plurality of different one time programmable elements of the group.
An electronic system comprising:
- a semiconductor device;
- and
- a plurality of different one-time programmable elements that form a group of one-time programmable elements, wherein at least one bit of information is stored jointly by the plurality of different one time programmable elements of the group.
A method for programming a semiconductor device comprising:
- defining a plurality of different one time programmable elements that form a group of one time programmable elements, wherein the plurality of different one time programmable elements of the group jointly store a bit of information;
- and
- leaving the one time programmable elements of the group in a non-programmed state if a bit “0” is to be stored as information by the group.
A method for programming a semiconductor device comprising:
- defining a plurality of different one time programmable elements that form a group of one time programmable elements, wherein the plurality of different one time programmable elements of the group jointly store a bit of information;
- and
- leaving the one time programmable elements of the group in a non-programmed state if a bit “1” is to be stored as information by the group.
A method for operating a semiconductor device comprising:
- defining a plurality of different one time programmable elements that form a group of one time programmable elements, wherein a bit of information is jointly stored by the plurality of different one time programmable elements of the group;
- and
- determining whether a bit “1” or “0” is stored by the one time programmable elements of the group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.