Abstract: Electrical fuses (eFuses) are applied to the task of memory performance adjustment to improve upon earlier fuse techniques by not requiring an additional processing step and expensive equipment. Standard electrical fuse (eFuse) hardware chains provide a soft test feature wherein the effect of memory slow-down can be tested prior to actually programming the fuses. Electrical fuses thus provide a very efficient non-volatile method to match the logic-memory interface through memory trimming, drastically cutting costs and cycle times involved.

Abstract: Electrical fuses (eFuses) are applied to the task of memory performance adjustment to improve upon earlier fuse techniques by not requiring an additional processing step and expensive equipment. Standard electrical fuse (eFuse) hardware chains provide a soft test feature wherein the effect of memory slow-down can be tested prior to actually programming the fuses. Electrical fuses thus provide a very efficient non-volatile method to match the logic-memory interface through memory trimming, drastically cutting costs and cycle times involved.

Abstract: Electrical fuses (eFuses) are applied to the task of memory performance adjustment to improve upon earlier fuse techniques by not requiring an additional processing step and expensive equipment. Standard electrical fuse (eFuse) hardware chains provide a soft test feature wherein the effect of memory slow-down can be tested prior to actually programming the fuses. Electrical fuses thus provide a very efficient non-volatile method to match the logic-memory interface through memory trimming, drastically cutting costs and cycle times involved.

Abstract: Electrical fuses (eFuses) are applied to the task of memory performance adjustment to improve upon earlier fuse techniques by not requiring an additional processing step and expensive equipment. Standard electrical fuse (eFuse) hardware chains provide a soft test feature wherein the effect of memory slow-down can be tested prior to actually programming the fuses. Electrical fuses thus provide a very efficient non-volatile method to match the logic-memory interface through memory trimming, drastically cutting costs and cycle times involved.

Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device (10) includes a large on-chip capacitor (12) that has a high voltage plate and a low voltage plate. The large on-chip capacitor (12) stores charge for a positive voltage supply (VPP) for the integrated circuit memory device (10). The high voltage plate of the large on-chip capacitor (12) is connected to a node (NODE 1) for distributing charge from the large on-chip capacitor. A load (16) is connected to the node (NODE 1) and consumes charge from the high voltage plate to power operations of the integrated circuit memory device (10). The load (16) includes a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells. The low voltage plate of the large on-chip capacitor (12) is connected to a capacitive voltage reference which has high capacitance and has a voltage-level greater than ground potential and less than the positive voltage supply.