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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2020
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ephrem G. Gebreselasie, South Burlington, VT (US);
Vibhor Jain, Williston, VT (US);
Yves T. Ngu, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Johnatan A. Kantarovsky, South Burlington, VT (US);
Alain F. Loiseau, Williston, VT (US);
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical fuse (e-fuse) includes a fuse link including a silicided semiconductor layer over a dielectric layer covering a gate conductor. The silicided semiconductor layer is non-planar and extends orthogonally over the gate conductor. A first terminal is electrically coupled to a first end of the fuse link, and a second terminal is electrically coupled to a second end of the fuse link. The fuse link may be formed in the same layer as an intrinsic and/or extrinsic base of a bipolar transistor. The gate conductor may control a current source for programming the e-fuse. The e-fuse reduces the footprint and the required programming energy compared to conventional e-fuses.