Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit and system of using junction diode as program selector for one-time programmable devices with heat sink
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Application No.: US14749392Application Date: 2015-06-24
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Publication No.: US09478306B2Publication Date: 2016-10-25
- Inventor: Shine C. Chung
- Applicant: Shine C. Chung
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Attopsemi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Attopsemi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Main IPC: G11C17/16
- IPC: G11C17/16 ; G11C17/06 ; G11C11/16 ; G11C13/00

Abstract:
Junction diodes fabricated in standard CMOS logic processes can be used as program selectors with at least one heat sink or heater to assist programming for One-Time Programmable (OTP) devices, such as electrical fuse, contact/via fuse, contact/via anti-fuse, or gate-oxide breakdown anti-fuse, etc. The heat sink can be at least one thin oxide area, extended OTP element area, or other conductors coupled to the OTP element to assist programming. A heater can be at least one high resistance area such as an unsilicided polysilicon, unsilicided active region, contact, via, or combined in serial, or interconnect to generate heat to assist programming. The OTP device has at least one OTP element coupled to at least one diode in a memory cell. The diode can be constructed by P+ and N+ active regions in a CMOS N well, or on an isolated active region as the P and N terminals of the diode. The isolation between P+ and the N+ active regions of the diode in a cell or between cells can be provided by dummy MOS gate, SBL, or STI/LOCOS isolations. The OTP element can be polysilicon, silicided polysilicon, silicide, polymetal, metal, metal alloy, local interconnect, metal-0, thermally isolated active region, CMOS gate, or combination thereof.
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