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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2003
Stan E. Leigh, Corvallis, OR (US);
Tom P. Abadilla, Corvallis, OR (US);
Donald W. Schulte, Corvallis, OR (US);
Terry Mcmahon, Corvallis, OR (US);
Stan E. Leigh, Corvallis, OR (US);
Tom P. Abadilla, Corvallis, OR (US);
Donald W. Schulte, Corvallis, OR (US);
Terry McMahon, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fuse structure is described. The fuse structure includes a first region adapted to be coupled to a voltage source, a second region adapted to be coupled to a ground, and a current flow region disposed between the first and second regions. The current flow region has a configuration that causes a void to be opened at a point of localized heating due to current crowding within the current flow region and that causes the void to propagate across the current flow region.