ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,015, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"E-fuse with metal fill" was invented by Shesh M. Pandey (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Rajendran Krishnasamy (Essex Junction, Vt.) and Vibhor Jain (Williston, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an e-fuse with metal fill structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an insulator material; an e-fuse structure on the insulator material; a plurality of heaters on the insulator material and positioned on sides of the e-fuse structure; and conductive fill materia...