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Programmable semiconductor integrated circuits having fusible links

US5465004A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1995
Grant dateNov 7, 1995
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S257/904
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The size of a fusible link (22 C.sub.F) created from part of a metal layer (22) is controlled by an oxidation performed in a deposition chamber that is also used for depositing a dielectric layer (30) over the fuse structure. The metal layer serves as a diffusion barrier between semiconductor material (14 and 16) and another metal layer (24).

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