Patent ID: 7232711
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit, comprising: forming one or more power distribution networks; forming one or more ground distribution networks; forming one or more data networks; during said forming said one or more power distribution networks, said one or more ground distribution networks and said one or more data networks, temporarily and electrically connecting power wires, ground wires, data wires or combinations thereof of a same network or combinations of different networks together with fuses, said same network or said combinations of different networks selected from the group consisting of said one or more power distribution networks, said one or more ground distribution networks, said one or more data networks, and combinations thereof; and after completing said forming said one or more power distribution networks, said one or more ground distribution networks and said one or more data networks, performing a fuse-blow process of all said fuses, said fuse blow process permanently and electrically disconnecting said power wires, ground wires, data wires or combinations thereof of said same networks or said combinations of different networks previously connected by said fuses from each other.