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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan H Huggins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Ron Thomas, Salinas, CA (US);
David E Schmulian, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Clear Logic, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337401 ; 337416 ; 337159 ; 257209 ; 257529 ;
Abstract
A radiant-energy configurable fuse structure and array are provided in which the fuse body of the fuse is wider than the fuse connection terminals. The fuse body can be circular or polygonal to capture more of the radiant energy from a targeting beam, which reduces the energy required to blow the fuse. As a result, unrelated circuit elements and patterned lines can be placed closer together in a laser fuse array, thereby increasing the packing density of such arrays.