Fuse corner pad for an integrated circuit
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsArt Pharn, James Seymour, Jennifer Chiao
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Abstract
A fuse corner pad is part of an integrated circuit that includes a built-in fuse contact and a plurality of auxiliary pads. The fuse contact is a conductive metallic or metalloid structure that is connected to a fuse element. The fuse contact and fuse element are used inside of the fuse corner pad for programmability (e.g., for security) and/or adjustment (e.g., trimming) of analog and/or digital signals. The fuse contact and fuse element are not required to be bonded to an external electrical connection (such as, a pin or ball). The auxiliary pads provide a variety of functional or non-functional applications, such as testing, probing, programming, and/or circuit adjustment.
Claims13
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a fuse corner pad having first and second edges that define a corner of said integrated circuit, said fuse corner pad including a fuse contact connected to a fuse element, wherein both said fuse contact and said fuse element are integrated within the boundaries of said fuse corner pad;
- wherein said fuse corner pad is one of a plurality of fuse corner pads, wherein each fuse corner pad in said plurality of fuse corner pads is located at a respective corner of a semiconductor die,
- wherein said fuse corner pad is configured to adjust said integrated circuit.
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a fuse corner pad having first and second edges that define a corner of said integrated circuit, said fuse corner pad including a fuse contact connected to a fuse element, wherein both said fuse contact and said fuse element are integrated within the boundaries of said fuse corner pad;
- wherein said fuse corner pad is one of a plurality of fuse corner pads, wherein each fuse corner pad in said plurality of fuse corner pads is located at a respective corner of a semiconductor die,
- wherein said fuse corner pad is configured to identify said integrated circuit.
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a fuse corner pad having first and second edges that define a corner of said integrated circuit, including:
- a fuse element connected to a fuse contact;
- and
- a conductive path coupled to said fuse element,
- wherein said fuse element is configured to protect said conductive path from a current that exceeds a predetermined threshold and said fuse corner pad is one of a plurality of fuse corner pads, wherein each fuse corner pad in said plurality of fuse corner pads is located at a respective corner of a semiconductor die;
- and
- a plurality of auxiliary pads disposed on said integrated circuit
- wherein said fuse contact, fuse element, and auxiliary pads are all integrated within the boundaries of said fuse corner pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.