Methods and systems involving electrically programmable fuses

US7851885B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Deok-kee Kim · Mount Kisco, US
• Keith Kwong Hon Wong · Wappingers Falls, US
• Chih-Chao Yang · Glenmont, US
• Haining Yang · Wappingers Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01L2924/0002
• WIPO field: Semiconductors
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrically programmable fuse comprising a cathode member, an anode member, and a link member, wherein the cathode member, the anode member, and the link member each comprise one of a plurality of materials operative to localize induced electromigration in the programmable fuse.