Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – Fusible link or intentional destruct circuit
Patent
1997-05-28
1998-06-30
Callahan, Timothy P.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
Fusible link or intentional destruct circuit
H01H 3776
Patent
active
057740119
ABSTRACT:
A programmable device is formed from a field-effect transistor. Specifically, the present invention generally related to integrated circuit (IC) structures and more particularly, to an improved antifuse structure for use in programming redundant and customizable IC chips. The anti-fuse is NFET made of MOS material and formed at a face of a semiconductor layer having an n-type doped source, and drain region, and a p-type doped channel region separating the source and drain regions. The device is programmed by applying a high voltage to the NFET drain to form a hot spot located along the channel width of the drain and thereby forming a bridge, which now has less resistance than the surrounding channel material, to the NFET source.
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Au Wai-Ming William
Nowak Edward Joseph
Tong Ming Ho
Callahan Timothy P.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Walsh Robert A.
Zweizig Jeffrey
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