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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Louis Lu-chen Hsu, Fishkill, NY (US);
Jack Allan Mandelman, Flat Rock, NC (US);
William Robert Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Chih-chao Yang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Louis Lu-Chen Hsu, Fishkill, NY (US);
Jack Allan Mandelman, Flat Rock, NC (US);
William Robert Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Chih-Chao Yang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A structure. The structure includes: a substrate; a first electrode in the substrate; a dielectric layer on top of the substrate and the electrode; a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, said second dielectric layer comprising a second dielectric material; a fuse element buried in the first dielectric layer, wherein the fuse element (i) physically separates, (ii) is in direct physical contact with both, and (iii) is sandwiched between a first region and a second region of the dielectric layer; and a second electrode on top of the fuse element, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically coupled to each other through the fuse element.