Fuse Configuration Detection for Precise Circuit Trimming

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for detecting optimal electrical fuse configurations in semiconductor devices are time-consuming and costly, failing to effectively improve circuit characteristics due to inefficiencies in evaluating and generating fuse configurations.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that evaluate characteristics of multiple fuse configurations, calculate contribution information, and generate new fuse configurations using an evaluation module, selection module, contribution module, and variation module to optimize circuit trimming, incorporating machine learning for improved efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If conventional methods are used to detect optimal fuse configurations, then fuse trimming can be performed, but the process is time-consuming and costly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecircuit characteristic trimming precisionVSAvoidfuse configuration detection time

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing contribution information that quantifies the influence of each fuse configuration on circuit characteristics before actual trimming. This pre-computed data enables faster optimization during the actual trimming process, reducing the time required to detect optimal fuse configurations while maintaining manufacturing precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces conventional trial-and-error mechanical testing methods with a computational approach using contribution information calculations. By substituting physical iterative testing with algorithmic optimization based on pre-calculated contribution data, the system achieves faster fuse configuration detection without sacrificing trimming precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If conventional methods are used to detect optimal fuse configurations, then fuse trimming can be performed, but the cost is high

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecircuit characteristic trimming precisionVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent reduces manufacturing cost by performing preliminary calculations of contribution information that quantifies fuse configuration influences. This pre-computed data eliminates the need for expensive iterative physical testing, thereby reducing overall manufacturing costs while maintaining the precision required for circuit characteristic trimming.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent substitutes expensive physical testing and trial-and-error methods with a computational optimization approach using contribution information. This replacement of mechanical testing with algorithmic processing significantly reduces manufacturing costs while preserving the ability to achieve precise circuit trimming.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Manufacturing precision

If multiple fuse configurations are evaluated to improve circuit characteristics, then better performance can be achieved, but the complexity of the process increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecircuit characteristic optimizationVSAvoidfuse configuration evaluation process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex physical evaluation of multiple fuse configurations with a computational system that uses contribution information to guide optimization. This substitution simplifies the overall process by replacing intricate physical testing and manual analysis with automated calculations that systematically evaluate configuration impacts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces contribution information as an intermediary that mediates between fuse configurations and circuit characteristics. This intermediary quantifies the relationship, allowing the system to evaluate multiple configurations more systematically and with less complexity by relying on pre-calculated influence data rather than direct physical testing of each configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240159827A1Method, device, and system for detecting fuse configuration for trimming circuit

Publication Date: 2024.05.16 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

A method of generating a fuse configuration for trimming a circuit includes evaluating characteristics, corresponding to each of a plurality of fuse configurations, of the circuit trimmed based on the plurality of fuse configurations respectively, selecting at least one fuse configuration from among the plurality of fuse configurations, based on a result of the evaluating the characteristics of the circuit, calculating a contribution information by calculating a degree of influence of fuse data of each of the plurality of fuse configurations to the characteristics of the circuit, based on the plurality of fuse configurations and the characteristics, and generating at least one new fuse configuration, based on the selected at least one fuse configuration and the contribution information.