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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amr M Mohsen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Esmat Z Hamdy, Fremont, CA (US);
John L McCollum, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Actel Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437170 ; 437 52 ; 437 59 ; 437193 ; 437922 ;
Abstract
A programmable low impedance interconnect diode element is disclosed having a lower electrode formed of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type covered by an insulating dielectric layer which may be in a preferred embodiment comprised of an initial layer of silicon dioxide, a second layer of silicon nitride and a third layer of silicon dioxide, covered by a layer of semiconductor material of a second conductivity type. A programmable read only memory array and a programmable logic array comprising a plurality of the above-described cells are also disclosed.
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