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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Dan Moy, Bethel, CT (US);
Stephen Wu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Peter Wang, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Brian W. Messenger, Newburgh, NY (US);
Edwin Soler, Wallkill, NY (US);
Gabriel Chiulli, Middlebury, CT (US);
Dan Moy, Bethel, CT (US);
Stephen Wu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Peter Wang, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Brian W. Messenger, Newburgh, NY (US);
Edwin Soler, Wallkill, NY (US);
Gabriel Chiulli, Middlebury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for programming an electronically programmable semiconductor fuse applies a programming current to a fuse link as a series of multiple pulses. Application of the programming current as a series of multiple short pulses provides a level of programming current sufficiently high to ensure reliable and effective electromigration while avoiding exceeding temperature limits of the fuse link.