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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2010
Fuse structure having crack stop void, method for forming and programming same, and design structure
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Tom C. Lee, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kevin G. Petrunich, Williston, VT (US);
David C. Thomas, Richmond, VT (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Tom C. Lee, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kevin G. Petrunich, Williston, VT (US);
David C. Thomas, Richmond, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates generally to fuse structures, methods of forming and programming the same, and more particularly to fuse structures having crack stop voids. The fuse structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon and a crack stop void. The dielectric layer includes at least one fuse therein and the crack stop void is adjacent to two opposite sides of the fuse, and extends lower than a bottom surface and above a top surface of the fuse. The disclosure also relates to a design structure of the aforementioned.