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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Byeongju Park, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Subramanian S. Iyer, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Byeongju Park, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Subramanian S. Iyer, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides antifuse structures having an integrated heating element and methods of programming the same, the antifuse structures comprising first and second conductors and a dielectric layer formed between the conductors, where one or both of the conductors functions as both a conventional antifuse conductor and as a heating element for directly heating the antifuse dielectric layer during programming.