Adjacent ones of a plurality of fuse electrodes extending parallel to each other are cut off by a laser beam. Cutting positions on the adjacent fuse electrodes are set to positions which are different from each other in a direction in which the fuse electrodes extend. Since the cutting positions on the...http://www.google.com/patents/US6822309?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6822309 - Apparatus for selectively cutting fuse electrodes