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Continuous antifuse material in memory structure

US6534841B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateDec 14, 2001
Grant dateMar 18, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/201
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory structure has an antifuse material that is unpatterned and sandwiched between each of a plurality of antifuse electrode pairs. The antifuse material is continuous between the antifuse electrode pairs. Furthermore the present invention includes a memory structure comprising a plurality of antifuse electrode pairs forming a plurality of row conductors and a plurality of middle conductors in electrical communication with a plurality of control elements.

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