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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
William A. Klaasen, Underhill, VT (US);
Alvin W. Strong, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ernest Y. Wu, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A programmable device including: an antifuse; a resistive heating element having a substantially temperature to power response, the resistive heating element adjacent to but not in contact with the antifuse; and means for passing an electric current through the resistive heating element in order to generate heat to raise the temperature of the antifuse sufficiently high enough to decrease a programming voltage of the antifuse, a time the programming voltage is applied to the antifuse or both the programming voltage of the antifuse and the time the programming voltage is applied to the antifuse.