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 adjacent fuse electrodes are different from each other, the
adjacent fuse electrodes are prevented from being short-circuited by
fragments of components thereof that are scattered when the laser beam is
applied to cut off the fuse electrodes.
