BIMETALLIC FUSE ELEMENT BETWEEN METAL LEVELS

Abstract: a fuse element including a first bimetallic pillar disposed between and electrically connecting a first metal level to a second metal level, the first bimetallic pillar comprises a first metal strip adjacent to a second metal strip. a fuse element including a first bimetallic pillar disposed between and electrically connecting a first metal level to a second metal level, the first bimetallic pillar includes a first metal strip adjacent to a second metal strip, a first width of the second metal strip is substantially equal to a width of the bimetallic pillar. a fuse element including a first bimetallic pillar disposed between and electrically connecting a first metal level to a second metal level, the first bimetallic pillar includes a first metal strip adjacent to a second metal strip, the second metal strip is physically disposed between a bottom surface of the first metal strip and the first metal level.

Inventor(s): Ashim Dutta, Chih-Chao Yang, Mitali Gogate

CPC Classification: H01L23/5256 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS (use of semiconductor devices for measuring ; resistors in general ; magnets, inductors or transformers ; capacitors in general ; electrolytic devices ; batteries or accumulators ; waveguides, resonators or lines of the waveguide type ; line connectors or current collectors ; stimulated-emission devices ; electromechanical resonators ; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers ; electric light sources in general ; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components ; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application))

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