Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Chi-Hsu Chiu

Kuoyuan (Peter) Hsu

Sung-Chieh Lin

David Yen

Yi-Sin Wang

Shih-Feng Huang

Arjit Ashok

The disclosure is related a method for testing and measuring the performances of electrical components on a semiconductor IC device through a test apparatus (also referred to as a testline) disposed in a scribe line between the semiconductor IC devices on a wafer. The test apparatus may include a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit and a duplication of the electrical components subjected to the performance measurement. Minimum and maximum testing voltages are provided to the test apparatus, where the range of voltage between the minimum and maximum testing voltages are divided into a plurality of testing operational voltages which are applied to the test apparatus. For each testing operational voltages, a memory array operation test is performed, where at least one of the testing operational voltages resulting in a performance failure is identified as the minimal operating voltage of the memory array.

Apparatus and method for measuring performance of memory array

The embodiments of methods and structures disclosed herein provide mechanisms of forming and programming a non-salicided polysilicon fuse. The non-salicided polysilicon fuse and a programming transistor form a one-time programmable (OTP) memory cell, which can be programmed with a low programming voltage.

Non-salicide polysilicon fuse

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Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Hsu Chiu