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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:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald W. Schulte, Corvallis, OR (US);
Galen H. Kawamoto, Corvallis, OR (US);
Deepika Sharma, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/900 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor antifuse device that utilizes a resistive heating element as both a heating source or fuse blowing and as part of the fuse link. The antifuse device may also be utilized as a fuse and the antifuse or fuse embodiment can be programmed and read with the same two electrodes. The antifuse or fuse is well suited for use and efficient fabrication in a printhead apparatus or other circuit arrangements.