Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio frequency-enabled electromigration fuse
- Patent Title (中): 射频启用电迁移保险丝
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Application No.: US12696104Application Date: 2010-01-29
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Publication No.: US08169321B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Subramanian S. Iyer , Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman , Gerard M. Salem
- Applicant: Subramanian S. Iyer , Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman , Gerard M. Salem
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Yuanmin Cai
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; G08B13/14

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provides a method, device, and system for programming an electromigration fuse (eFuse) using a radio frequency (RF) signal. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of testing circuitry on a semiconductor chip, the method comprising: receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal using at least one antenna on the semiconductor chip; powering circuitry on the semiconductor chip using the RF signal; activating a built-in self test (BIST) engine within the circuitry; determining whether a fault exists within the circuitry using the BIST; and programming an electromigration fuse (eFuse) to alter the circuitry in response to a fault being determined to exist.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110187407A1 RADIO FREQUENCY-ENABLED ELECTROMIGRATION FUSE Public/Granted day:2011-08-04
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