Patents by Inventor Wagdl Abadeer

Wagdl Abadeer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060128071
    Abstract: A method is described for fabricating and antifuse structure (100) integrated with a semiconductor device such as a FINFET or planar CMOS devise. A region of semiconducting material (11) is provided overlying an insulator (3) disposed on a substrate (10); an etching process exposes a plurality of corners (111-114) in the semiconducting material. The exposed corners are oxidized to form elongated tips (111t-114t) at the corners; the oxide (31) overlying the tips is removed. An oxide layer (51), such as a gate oxide, is then formed on the semiconducting material and overlying the corners; this layer has a reduced thickness at the corners. A layer of conducting material (60) is formed in contact with the oxide layer (51) at the corners, thereby forming a plurality of possible breakdown paths between the semiconducting material and the layer of conducting material through the oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Jed Rankin, Wagdl Abadeer, Jeffrey Brown, William Tonti