ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,264, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Fusible structures" was invented by Shao-Ting Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Meng-Sheng Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Shao-Yu Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chung-I Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fusible structure includes: a metal line in a first metal layer extending along a first direction; and a first dummy structure disposed proximal to the metal line relative to a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the first dummy structure being in a second metal layer. Relative to t...