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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:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ali A Iranmanesh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Crosspoint Solutions, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438600 ; 438627 ; 438643 ;
Abstract
An antifuse structure in an integrated circuit including a first interconnection line, a second interconnection line formed over the first interconnection line, and a plurality of programming layers between the first and second interconnection lines. Each pair of programming layers has a metal layer therebetween which dissolves with the programming layers to form a conducting link during the programming of such antifuse structure. Such antifuse structure may also include a conductive plug between the programming layers and the second interconnection line.