Patents by Inventor Fred Einspruch

Fred Einspruch 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).

  • Patent number: 6008523
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an array of electrical fuses having a structure which permits tight fuse pitches while enabling electrical fusing at voltages of about 10 volts or less. The fuses are useful to replace defective components of the device and/or to permit custom wiring. The semiconductor device includes a substrate with a tight pitch array of fuses including a plurality of fuse links of selective cross sectional area in closely adjacent arrangement, each connected at one end to an individual connector terminal of larger cross sectional area than that of the fuse link, and at another end to a common connector terminal of larger cross sectional area than that of the individual connector terminals. The common connector terminal is typically held at a less positive potential than one of the individual connector terminals during the time a fuse link thereat is to be opened such that electron flow is in a direction from the common connector terminal to the fuse link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Narayan, Axel Brintzinger, Gabriel Daniel, Fred Einspruch