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Semiconductor fuse programmable array structure

US4910418A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1988
Grant dateMar 20, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable array including FET devices arranged in rows and columns is disclosed in which first and second bit lines for cells in adjacent first and second columns are arranged so that a fusible link connecting a cell of a column to its associated bit line crosses the bit line associated with the adjacent column of cells. By doing so, two fuses may now be located in an area which was heretofore occupied by a single fuse.

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