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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth C Arndt, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Jeffrey P Gambino, Gaylordsville, CT (US);
Jack A Mandelman, Stormville, NY (US);
Chandrasekhar Narayan, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Rainer F Schnabel, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Ronald J Schutz, Millbrook, NY (US);
Dirk Tobben, Fishkill, NY (US);
Assignees:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Infineon Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257529 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor structure comprising a semiconductor substrate, an electrically conductive level on the substrate and a metal fuse located at the conductive level wherein the fuse comprises a self-aligned dielectric etch stop layer thereon is provided along with processes for its fabrication.