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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
O Sung Kwon, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Dan Moy, Bethel, CT (US);
Kihwang Son, Schenectady, NY (US);
Xiaoqiang Zhang, Rexford, NY (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
GlobalFoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
The present disclosure generally provides for an e-fuse structure and corresponding method for fusing the same and monitoring material leakage. The e-fuse structure can include a metal dummy structure and an electrical fuse link substantially aligned with a portion of the metal dummy structure, wherein the metal dummy structure cools at least part of the electrical fuse link in response to an electric current passing through the electrical fuse link.