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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Felix P. Anderson, Colchester, VT (US);
Timothy H. Daubenspeck, Colchester, VT (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Timothy S. Hayes, Colchester, VT (US);
Donald R. Letourneau, Winooski, VT (US);
Thomas L. McDevitt, Underhill, VT (US);
Anthony K. Stamper, Williston, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor fuse device and a method of fabricating the fuse device including a last metal interconnect layer including at least two discrete metal conductors, an inter-level dielectric layer deposited over the last metal interconnect layer and the at least two discrete metal conductors, a thin wire aluminum fuse connecting the at least two discrete metal conductors, and a fuse opening above the aluminum fuse.