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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Herman Schmit, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronnie Vasishta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adam Levinthal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jonathan Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Herman Schmit, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronnie Vasishta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adam Levinthal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jonathan Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
eASIC Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/525 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device may be created using multiple metal layers and a layer including programmable vias that may be used to form various patterns of interconnections among segments of metal layers. The programmable vias may be formed of materials whose resistance is changeable between a high-resistance state and a low-resistance state.