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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Luc Wuidart, Pourrieres, FR;
Alexandre Malherbe, Trets, FR;
Michel Bardouillet, Rousset, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/326 (2006.01); H01C 7/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and device for the irreversible reduction of the value of an integrated polycrystalline silicon resistor. The inventive method consists in temporarily subjecting the resistor to a stress current which is greater than a current (Im) for which the value of the resistor is maximum.