ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,168, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"One-time programmable memory device" was invented by Meng-Sheng Chang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Chia-En Huang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An OTP memory cell is provided. The OTP memory cell includes: an antifuse transistor, wherein a gate terminal of the antifuse transistor is connected to a first word line having a first signal, and the antifuse transistor is selectable between a first state and a second state in response to the first signal; and a selection transistor connected between the antifuse t...