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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Timothy H. Daubenspeck, Colchester, VT (US);
Christopher D. Muzzy, Burlington, VT (US);
Paul S. Mclaughlin, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Judith A. Wright, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jean E. Wynne, Fair Haven, VT (US);
Dae Young Jung, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Timothy H. Daubenspeck, Colchester, VT (US);
Christopher D. Muzzy, Burlington, VT (US);
Paul S. McLaughlin, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Judith A. Wright, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jean E. Wynne, Fair Haven, VT (US);
Dae Young Jung, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A crack stop void is formed in a low-k dielectric layer between adjacent fuse structures for preventing propagation of cracks between the adjacent fuse structures during a fuse blow operation. The crack stop void is formed simultaneously with the formation of an interconnect structure.