IP Library Granted Patent US 10,102,921
Granted Patent B1
US 10,102,921 · App. 15/680,182 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Fuse blowing method and fuse blowing system

Inventors: Ting-Shuo Hsu (New Taipei, TW); Chih-Wei Shen (Yunlin County, TW)
Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
G11C29/787G11C11/4087
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Patent No.
US 10,102,921
App. No.
15/680,182
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A fuse blowing method is disclosed. The fuse blowing method comprises the following operations: detecting a plurality of voltages of a plurality of word lines; sending an enabling signal to a fuse circuit when one of the voltages is below a voltage threshold, in which the one of the voltages corresponds to one of the word lines; and blowing a fuse, in which the fuse is connected to the one of the word lines, such that the one of the voltages is higher than the voltage threshold.

Claims (31)

1. A fuse blowing method for a memory, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of word lines and a plurality of memory cells, and the fuse blowing method comprises:

detecting, by a voltage detector connected to the word lines, a plurality of voltages of the word lines, wherein the memory cells comprise a plurality of normal memory cells and a plurality of redundant memory cells, a gate of a transistor of each of the normal memory cells is electrically connected to one of the word lines, a gate of a transistor of each of the redundant memory cells is electrically connected to one of the word lines via a fuse;

sending, by a post package repair circuit connected to the voltage detector and a fuse circuit, an enabling signal to the fuse circuit when one of the voltages of the word lines is below a voltage threshold, wherein the one of the voltages corresponds to a first word line of the word lines; and

blowing, by the fuse circuit connected to the post package repair circuit, one of the fuses, wherein the one of the fuses is connected between the gate of the transistor of one of the redundant memory cells and the first word line, such that the one of the voltages is higher than the voltage threshold.

2. The fuse blowing method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining, by an address storing circuit connected between the fuse circuit and the address storing circuit, an address of the one of the fuses connected between the gate of the transistor of the one of the redundant memory cells and the first word line; and

sending, by the address storing circuit, the address to the fuse circuit.

3. The fuse blowing method of claim 2 , comprising:

generating a fuse signal according to the address and the enabling signal.

4. The fuse blowing method of claim 3 , wherein blowing the fuse comprises:

decoding the fuse signal sent from the fuse circuit; and

blowing the fuse according to the fuse signal.

5. The fuse blowing method of claim 1 , wherein sending the enabling signal to the fuse circuit comprises:

determining whether the one of the voltages is below the voltage threshold or not; and

sending a triggering signal to a post package repair (PPR) circuit when it is determined the one of the voltages is below the voltage threshold.

6. A fuse blowing system, comprising:

a memory, comprising:

a plurality of word lines; and

a plurality of memory cells, wherein the memory cells comprise a plurality of normal memory cells and a plurality of redundant memory cells, a gate of a transistor of each of the normal memory cells is electrically connected to one of the word lines, and a gate of a transistor of each of the redundant memory cells is electrically connected to one of the word lines via a fuse; and

a voltage detector configured to detect a plurality of voltages of the word lines; and

a fuse circuit configured to blow one of the fuses when one of the voltages of the word lines detected is below a voltage threshold such that the one of the voltages of the word lines is higher than the voltage threshold, wherein the one of the fuses is connected between the gate of the transistor of one of the redundant memory cells and a first word line of the word lines, wherein the first word line corresponds to the one of the voltages of the word lines.

7. The fuse blowing system of claim 6 , comprising:

an address storing circuit configured to store a plurality of addresses and configured to send address information of the one of the fuse to the fuse circuit when the one of the voltages is below the voltage threshold.

8. The fuse blowing system of claim 7 , wherein the fuse circuit is configured to receive an enabling signal when one of the voltages detected is below a voltage threshold.

9. The fuse blowing system of claim 8 , wherein the fuse circuit is configured to generate a fuse signal according to the address information and the enabling signal.

10. The fuse blowing system of claim 9 , further comprising:

a decoder configured to generate a blowing signal according to the fuse signal, wherein the blowing signal is sent to the fuse to blow the fuse.

11. The fuse blowing system of claim 7 , wherein the address storing circuit is configured to receive an address signal from the voltage detector when the one of the voltages is below the voltage threshold.

12. The fuse blowing system of claim 6 , wherein the voltage detector is configured to determine whether the one of the voltages is below the voltage threshold or not.

13. The fuse blowing system of claim 6 , comprising:

a post package repair (PPR) circuit configured to receive a triggering signal from the voltage detector when the one of the voltages is below the voltage threshold and configured to send an enabling signal to the fuse circuit when receiving the triggering signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2017
From: HSU, TING-SHUO; SHEN, CHIH-WEI
To: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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