Method for the linear configuration of metallic fuse sections on wafers

Linear configurations of metallic fuse sections have a bit combination which represents a characteristic of a circuit on a wafer. The metallic fuse sections need to be rid of a polyimide layer covering them in order to make it possible to burn the fuse sections. In the event of unsatisfactory adherence to process parameters and insufficient removal of polyimide on the metallic fuse sections, a resulting relative error in a characteristic of the circuit is minimized according to the method since the fuse section corresponding to the most significant bit is neighbored on both sides by other fuse sections.