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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Akram A. Salman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen G. Beebe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Akram A. Salman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen G. Beebe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor component having a tuned variable resistance resistor and a method for manufacturing the tuned variable resistance resistor. A semiconductor process for manufacturing a semiconductor component is selected. For the selected process, the tuned variable resistance resistor is characterized to determine the maximum stress current as a function of the width of the tuned variable resistance resistor. Then, for a given width and maximum stress current, the voltages across the resistors are characterized as a function of length. A tuned variable resistance resistor having a length and width capable of sustaining a predetermined maximum stress current is integrated into a semiconductor component. The semiconductor component may include protection circuitry designed in accordance with the Human Body Model, the Charge Device Model, or both.