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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Verwegen, Rottenburg, DE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327525 ; 327200 ; 365 96 ; 3652257 ;
Abstract
A zero volt/zero current fuse arrangement included of two coupled latches is provided, especially for use with interconnect layers made of copper, which prevents the dendritic growth of copper and thus reduces the possibility of 'regrowing' the fuse after it has been blown.