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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Anil Kumar Chinthakindi, Haymarket, VA (US);
Deok-kee Kim, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Byeongju Park, Plainview, NY (US);
Anil Kumar Chinthakindi, Haymarket, VA (US);
Deok-Kee Kim, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Byeongju Park, Plainview, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuse structure, a method for fabricating the fuse structure and a method for programming a fuse within the fuse structure each use a fuse material layer that is used as a fuse, and located upon a monocrystalline semiconductor material layer in turn located over a substrate. At least part of the monocrystalline semiconductor material layer is separated from the substrate by a gap. Use of the monocrystalline semiconductor material layer, as well as the gap, provides for enhanced uniformity and reproducibility when programming the fuse.