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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arturo Simmons, Garland, TX (US);
Shawn T Walsh, Garland, TX (US);
Charles G Roberts, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 2313 ; 357 30 ; 357 45 ; 357 51 ; 357 61 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a system for protecting HgCdTe and the like MIS arrays from breakdown during fabrication due to electrostatic charge buildup on the array capacitors. This is accomplished by building into the structure a short circuit across the capacitor plates with a fuse region therein that will evaporate when a voltage is placed thereacross which is sufficient to cause evaporation and low enough not to damage the capacitors.