Failure prevention of chip power network

A method for providing short protection for a semiconductor structure, comprising:

• connecting, to a first potential, a second end of a Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) cell having a first end and the second end;
• connecting, in series with the first end of the RRAM cell, a first end of a decoupling capacitor having the first end and a second end;
• connecting the second end of the decoupling capacitor to a second potential;
• and
• arranging a Field Effect Transistor (FET) across the decoupling capacitor to form a bridged capacitor by having a source of the FET connected to the first end of the decoupling capacitor and a drain of the FET connected to the second end of the decoupling capacitor,
• wherein a paired activation and subsequent deactivation of the FET enables a short protection mode of the decoupling capacitor, the short protection mode providing a series resistance above a threshold amount, between the second potential and the first end of the RRAM cell, responsive to a detected short of the decoupling capacitor from the second potential to the first potential.