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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2010.14.1.183

Design of an 8-Bit eFuse One-Time Programmable Memory IP Using an External Voltage  

Cho, Gyu-Sam (창원대학교 신소재나노공학과)
Jin, Mei-Ying (창원대학교 전자공학과)
Kang, Min-Cheol (창원대학교 전자공학과)
Jang, Ji-Hye (창원대학교 전자공학과)
Ha, Pan-Bong (창원대학교 전자공학과)
Kim, Young-Hee (창원대학교 전자공학과)
Abstract
We propose an eFuse one-time programmable (OTP) memory cell based on a logic process, which is programmable by an external program voltage. For the conventional eFuse OTP memory cell, a program datum is provided with the SL (Source Line) connected to the anode of the eFuse going through a voltage drop of the SL driving circuit. In contrast, the gate of the NMOS program transistor is provided with a program datum and the anode of the eFuse with an external program voltage (FSOURCE) of 3.8V without any voltage drop for the newly proposed eFuse cell. The FSOURCE voltage of the proposed cell keeps either 0V or the floating state at read mode. We propose a clamp circuit for being biased to 0V when the voltage of FSOURCE is in the floating state. In addition, we propose a VPP switching circuit switching between the logic VDD (=1.8V) and the FSOURCE voltage. The layout size of the designed eFuse OTP memory IP with Dongbu HiTek's $0.15{\mu}m$ generic process is $359.92{\times}90.98{\mu}m^2$.
Keywords
eFuse; OTP; external program voltage; clamp circuit; VPP switching circuit;
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