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 Programmable circuit arrangement

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Inventors: Huse, Horst; Elmer, Werner;
Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
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A programmable circuit arrangement is described which can be programmed by applying a programming voltage so that it delivers at its output a signal having a predetermined binary value. The circuit arrangement comprises an input means responsive to the programming voltage. Further, it comprises a conducting means connected to the input means and capable of being brought to a non-conductive state upon application of the programming voltage to the input means. The circuit arrangement further comprises an output means connected to the conductive means and delivering a signal having one binary value in the conductive state of the conductive means and the other binary value in the non-conductive state of the conductive means.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A circuit which can be programmed by applying a programming voltage so that the circuit delivers a signal at its output having a predetermined binary value, comprising: input means responsive to the programming voltage, including, threshold switching means connected to an input terminal and having a threshold less than said programming voltage and first switching means having a controlled terminal connected to said threshold switching means, wherein upon application of said programming voltage to said input terminal said threshold switching means switches to a conductive state and renders the first switching means conducting, a fuse link connected to said first switching means, said fuse link being changable from a conductive state to a non-conductive state when the current flowing therethrough exceeds a predetermined value, upon application of said programming voltage to said input means; and output means connected to said fuse link for delivering a signal having one binary value in the conductive state of said fuse link and the other binary value in the non-conductive state of the fuse link.
2.
The circuit according to claim 1, wherein said output means comprises second switching means having a controlled terminal connected to the output of said first switching means and third switching means having a controlled terminal connected to the output of said second switching means wherein the output of said third switching means is the output of said output means.
3.
The circuit of claim 2, wherein said threshold switching means comprises a zener diode having a cathode connected to said input terminal and said first switching means comprises a transistor having a collector-emitter path connected serially to said fuse link and a base connected to the anode of said zener diode.
4.
The circuit of claim 3, wherein the series circuit comprising the collector-emitter path of transistor of the first switching means and the fuse link is connected between a supply voltage terminal and ground



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