Method of forming a fuse device
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorsChun-Kwan Tsang, Jianhua Chen
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Abstract
A fuse device including a fuse component, a first electrode, disposed on a first side of the fuse component, a second electrode, disposed on a second side of the fuse component, and a phase change component, disposed in thermal contact with the fuse component. The fuse component may comprise a fuse temperature, wherein the phase change component exhibits a phase change temperature, the phase change temperature marking a phase transition of the phase change component, and wherein the phase change temperature is less than the fuse temperature.
Claims16
A method of forming a fuse device, comprising:
- forming a first electrode on a first side of a fuse component, the first electrode having an inner surface contacting the fuse component;
- forming a second electrode on a second side of the fuse component, the second electrode having an inner surface contacting the fuse component;
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- applying a phase change component in thermal contact with the fuse component, wherein the fuse component comprises a fuse temperature, wherein the phase change component exhibits a phase change temperature, the phase change temperature marking a phase transition of a phase change material, and wherein the phase change temperature is less than the fuse temperature, and wherein the phase change component is disposed in contact with the inner surface of the first electrode and the inner surface of the second electrode.
A method of forming a fuse device, comprising:
- forming a first electrode on a first side of a fuse component, the first electrode having an inner surface contacting the fuse component;
- wherein the fuse component comprises a fuse temperature;
- forming a second electrode on a second side of the fuse component, the second electrode having an inner surface contacting the fuse component;
- and
- applying a phase change component between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the phase change component is in thermal contact with the fuse component,
- wherein the phase change component is disposed in contact with the inner surface of the first electrode and the inner surface of the second electrode,
- wherein the phase change component exhibits a phase change temperature, the phase change temperature marking a phase transition of a phase change material, and wherein the phase change temperature is less than the fuse temperature.
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