IP Library Granted Patent US 8,159,041
Granted Patent B2
US 8,159,041 · App. 12/707,292 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,159,041
App. No.
12/707,292
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a lower layer interconnection formed on a chip; an upper layer interconnection formed in an upper layer above the lower layer interconnection above the chip; an interconnection via formed to electrically connect the lower layer interconnection and the upper layer interconnection; a via-type electric fuse formed to electrically connect the lower layer interconnection and the upper layer interconnection. The fuse is cut through heat generation, and a sectional area of the fuse is smaller than a sectional area of the upper layer interconnection and a via diameter of the fuse is smaller than that of the interconnection via.

Claims (10)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a lower layer interconnection formed on a chip;

an upper layer interconnection formed in an upper layer above said lower layer interconnection above said chip;

an interconnection via formed to electrically connect said lower layer interconnection and said upper layer interconnection;

a via-type electric fuse formed to electrically connect said lower layer interconnection and said upper layer interconnection, wherein said fuse is cut through heat generation,

wherein a sectional area of said fuse is smaller than a sectional area of said upper layer interconnection and a via diameter of said fuse is smaller than that of said interconnection via.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the sectional area of said upper layer interconnection is equal to or more than 1.8 times the sectional area of said fuse.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a non-volatile memory which comprises said fuse and said interconnection via.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the via diameter of said interconnection via is equal to or more than 1.8 times the via diameter of said fuse.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025194/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2010
From: SAITOU, HIROKI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023954/0280 →