Fuse structure having crack stop void, method for forming and programming same, and design structure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8592941
APP PUB NO 20120012976A1
SERIAL NO

12838850

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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.

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES U S INC400 STONEBREAK ROAD EXTENSION MALTA NY 12020

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Gambino, Jeffrey P Westford, US 531 7616
Lee, Tom C Essex Junction, US 80 1171
Petrunich, Kevin G Williston, US 2 18
Thomas, David C Richmond, US 36 720

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