Semiconductor device with a plurality of one time programmable elements
AssigneeQimonda AG
InventorJoerg Vollrath
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Abstract
A semiconductor device with a plurality of one time programmable elements and to a method for programming a semiconductor device, and to a method for operating a semiconductor device is disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for programming a semiconductor device comprising a plurality of one time programmable elements that form a group of one time programmable elements. The one time programmable elements of the group are left in a non-programmed state if a first information is to be stored by the group. A first one time programmable element of the group is programmed if a second information differing from the first information is to be stored by the group.
Claims19
A method for programming a semiconductor device comprising:
- defining a plurality of one time programmable elements forming a group of one time programmable elements;
- leaving the one time programmable elements of the group in a non-programmed state if a first information is to be stored by the group;
- and
- programming a first one time programmable element of the group if a second information differing from the first information is to be stored by the group.
A method for operating a semiconductor device comprising:
- defining a plurality of one time programmable elements forming a group of one time programmable elements;
- determining whether a first information or a second information differing from the first information is stored by the group;
- determining that the second information is stored by the group if a first one time programmable element of the group is in a programmed state, and the remaining one time programmable elements of the group are in a non-programmed state.
A method for operating a semiconductor device comprising:
- defining a plurality of one time programmable elements forming a group of one time programmable elements;
- determining whether a first information or a second information differing from the first information is stored by the group;
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- determining that the second information is stored by the group if an odd number of the one time programmable elements of the group is in a programmed state.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a plurality of one time programmable elements forming a group of one time programmable elements for storing a first information or a second information differing from the first information;
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- an evaluator configured for determining that the second information is stored by the group if an odd number of the one time programmable elements of the group is in a programmed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.