Patent ID: 7782083
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G01R,G11C,H01L,H02M

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) including a plurality of non-volatile programmable elements and a Programming Through Leads (PTL) module for programming said elements, said PTL module comprising: a first, serial data input; a demodulator coupled to said first input for demodulating clock and data signals from a serial data signal on said serial data input; a memory device coupled to said programmable elements and to said demodulator to store data demodulated from said serial data signal; a second, state select input; a state machine coupled to said state select input and to said memory device, said state machine having first and second states selectable by a signal on said second input, and wherein when said state machine is in said first state said PTL module is configured to input serial data from said first input and to store said serial data in said memory and when said state machine is in said second state said PTL module is configured to write said serial data stored in said memory to said non-volatile programmable elements.