IP Library Granted Patent US 8,780,603
Granted Patent B2
US 8,780,603 · App. 13/461,144 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Semiconductor device including electrical fuse

Inventor: Hong-Jung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,780,603
App. No.
13/461,144
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of repair fuse circuits configured to each program a repair target address; and an enable signal generation circuit configured to generate at least one enable signal in response to a source signal and provide the enable signal to each of the repair fuse circuits in common. Since the semiconductor device may iteratively generate a rupture enable signal through a feedback scheme, the area occupied by a circuit, such as a shift register or a D flip-flop may be saved.

Claims (5)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a plurality of repair fuse circuits configured to each program a repair target address in response to enable signals; and

an enable signal generation circuit configured to iteratively generate the enable signals in response to a source signal and the lastly generated enable signal among the enable signals and provide the enable signals to each of the repair fuse circuits in common.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the enable signal generation circuit is configured to iteratively generate N enable signals and N is an integer equal to or greater than 1.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein each of the repair fuse circuits are each configured to sequentially program the repair target address having N bits in response to the N enable signals and a selection enable signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2014
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 033105/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2012
From: KIM, HONG-JUNG
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 028136/0090 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0140969 · Dec 23, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130163347A1 · Jun 27, 2013