Nxp B.v.

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Doug Trotter

Kurt O Wessendorf

Liam D Claus

Sean Pearson

Marcos O Sanchez

Andrew Montoya

John L Porter, Jr

Gideon Robertson

Thomas Hill

Richard Dondero

Tom Gurrieri

A high-speed CMOS camera includes an array of pixel circuits coupled to a photodiode array, an oscillator circuit, and a pattern generator circuit. The pattern generator circuit includes a high speed shift register and a non-overlap generator. The shift register is programmable to produce a pulse train of trigger pulses that defines an interframe and a frame's shutter duration. The non-overlap generator deserializes the incoming pulse train of trigger pulses, and it produces a time-separated reset pulse based on the pulse train of trigger pulses. The shift register is configured to permit the frame durations and the interframe times to be selected arbitrarily over specified ranges in increments of a basic time unit that depends on the oscillator period.

High-speed CMOS camera

A polysilicon silicide stringer fuse is constructed having a narrow width by using an overlay tolerance of the photo stepper tool instead of the minimum critical dimension tolerance of the stepper tool. In an example embodiment, a fuse () for integration within a semiconductor comprises depositing an insulating layer () adjacent to the semiconductor substrate (). A silicon layer () is formed with a first silicon material having a first resistance deposited adjacent the insulating layer (). The silicon layer has a first width. A metal silicide stringer (), having a second resistance different from the first resistance is deposited over a portion of the first silicon material () and having a second width that is less than the first width within at least a portion thereof. The metal silicide conducts current therethrough with approximately the second resistance and agglomerates in response to a programming current other than the conduct current therethrough with a same second resistance.

Poly-silicon stringer fuse

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Doug Trotter