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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Ephrem G. Gebreselasie, South Burlington, VT (US);
Joseph M. Lukaitis, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Robert R. Robison, Colchester, VT (US);
William R. Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ping-chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ephrem G. Gebreselasie, South Burlington, VT (US);
Joseph M. Lukaitis, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Robert R. Robison, Colchester, VT (US);
William R. Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ping-Chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method of manufacturing an e-fuse includes a substrate, a patterned gate insulator on the substrate, and a patterned gate conductor on the patterned gate insulator. The patterned gate conductor has sidewalls and a top. A silicide contacts the sidewalls of the patterned gate conductor, the top of the patterned gate conductor, and a region of the substrate adjacent the patterned gate insulator and the patterned gate conductor.