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Semiconductor memory device with vertical fuse

US7649240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2007
Grant dateJan 19, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device having an improved fuse structure may include an interlayer insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, an opening in the interlayer insulating film, a vertical fuse that may conform to the opening, a fuse insulating film on the vertical fuse that may fill the opening, and metal wiring lines that may be electrically connected to the vertical fuse.

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