Method of making an electronic fuse with improved ESD tolerance
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1. A method of making an electronic fuse blow resistor structure, comprising:
- forming an insulator film;
forming a mask on the insulator film; and
after forming the mask, forming by deposition a plurality of spaced apart conductive regions on a surface of the insulator film,wherein the electronic fuse blow resistor structure is structured and arranged to blow in discrete steps.
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Abstract
Tolerance to ESD is increased in an electronic fuse by providing at least one non-conductive region adjacent to a conductive region on the surface of an insulator. Such an arrangement reduces the thermal stresses imposed on the insulator in high current applications. Where multiple conductive and adjacent non-conductive regions are disposed on an insulator, the fuse can fail in discrete steps, thus providing a well defined and easily detected transisition to a blown state, as well as providing a stepwise increase in resistance between prescribed resistance values.
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1. A method of making an electronic fuse blow resistor structure, comprising:
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forming an insulator film; forming a mask on the insulator film; and after forming the mask, forming by deposition a plurality of spaced apart conductive regions on a surface of the insulator film, wherein the electronic fuse blow resistor structure is structured and arranged to blow in discrete steps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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