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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2009
Ping-chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Zhijian Yang, Stormville, NY (US);
Fernando J. Guarin, Millbrook, NY (US);
J. Edwin Hostetter, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Kai D Feng, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ping-Chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Zhijian Yang, Stormville, NY (US);
Fernando J. Guarin, Millbrook, NY (US);
J. Edwin Hostetter, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Kai D Feng, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a semiconductor device that includes a transistor device having a first, a second, and a third node; and an interconnect structure having at least one wire and the wire having a first and a second end with the first end of the wire being connected to one of the first, the second, and the third node of the transistor device. The wire is conductive and adapted to provide an operating current in a first direction during a normal operating mode, and adapted to provide a repairing current in a second direction opposite to the first direction during a repair mode of the semiconductor device. In one embodiment the transistor device is a bipolar transistor with the first, second, and third nodes being an emitter, a base, and a collector of the bipolar transistor. The wire is connected to one of the emitter and the collector. Method of operating the semiconductor device and current supplying circuit for the semiconductor device are also disclosed.