FUSE SELECTABLE PINOUT PACKAGE

• US 20010045861A1
• Filed: 11/23/1999
• Published: 11/29/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: BLOODWORTH, BRYAN E., IROAGA, ECHERE, EMERSON, PAUL M., MAYFIELD, GLENN C.
• Granted Patent: US 6,445,242 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/525
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/5256 comprising fuses, i.e. connections having their state changed from conductive to non-conductive
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

Abstract

An integrated circuit having a pinout configuration, having a first configuration of pins and a circuit to change the integrated circuit to a second configuration of pins.

Claims

1. An integrated circuit having a pinout configuration, said integrated circuit having a first configuration of pins and a circuit to change said integrated circuit to a second configuration of pins.

2. An integrated circuit as in

claim 1

, wherein said circuit is programmable to select said second configuration from a plurality of configurations.

3. An integrated circuit as in

claim 1

, wherein said circuit includes fuses to determine said second configuration.