Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrically trimmable resistor device and trimming method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 电微调电阻器件及其修整方法
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Application No.: US13924159Application Date: 2013-06-21
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Publication No.: US09230720B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Antonello Santangelo , Stefania Maria Serena Privitera
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group PLLC
- Priority: ITTO2012A0553 20120622
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H01C10/50 ; H01C17/232 ; H01C17/26 ; H01L49/02 ; H01L23/522 ; H01L21/66

Abstract:
An integrated circuit has a circuit part and a trimmable resistor, the resistance whereof may be modified by Joule effect. The trimmable resistor has first and second connection terminals coupled to the circuit part, and an intermediate terminal that divides the trimmable resistor into two portions. The first and the second connection terminals and the intermediate terminal are coupled to respective pads configured to receive electrical quantities designed to cause, in use, a respective trimming current flow in each portion. In this way, a substantially zero voltage drop is maintained between the first and second connection terminals while current is flowing in the resistor to change an electrical characteristic of the resistor, such as resistance or thermal coefficient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130342264A1 ELECTRICALLY TRIMMABLE RESISTOR DEVICE AND TRIMMING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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