This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/194,110, titled "Programmable/Reprogrammable Printed Circuit Board Using Fuse And/Or Antifuse As Interconnect Structures" by Richard J. Nathan, James J. D. Lan and Steve S. Chiang, filed Feb. 8, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,572,409 that is incorporated herein in its entirety.
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