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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jiu An, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327544 ; 327387 ; 326 38 ;
Abstract
A circuit that is coupled to a bonding pad of an integrated circuit structure for reducing the leakage current through the structure to approximately zero when a bonding option is selected. The current path through the integrated circuit structure is removed by turning off a circuit element upon application of a control signal from the integrated circuit structure.