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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth C. Arndt, Fishkill, NY (US);
Dureseti Chidambarrao, Weston, CT (US);
Louis L. Hsu, Fishkill, NY (US);
Jack A. Mandelman, Stormville, NY (US);
Carl Radens, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/900 ; H01L 2/358 ; H01L 2/362 ; H01L 2/974 ; H01L 3/1111 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/900 ; H01L 2/358 ; H01L 2/362 ; H01L 2/974 ; H01L 3/1111 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor fuse is positioned between conductors for connecting wiring lines. The fuse comprises spacers positioned on adjacent ones of the conductors, and a fuse element positioned between the spacers and connected to the wiring lines. A space between the conductors comprises a first width comprising a smallest possible photolithographic width and the fuse element has a second width smaller than the first width.