ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,427, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Fuse cell structure" was invented by Jhon Jhy Liaw (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor structure includes first and second transistors each having a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a gate terminal. The semiconductor structure further includes a program line; a first metal plate over the first and the second transistors; a first insulator over the first metal plate; a second metal plate over the first insulator; a second insulator over the second metal plate; and a third metal plate over th...