Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Test circuit monitoring PBTI and operating method thereof
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Application No.: US18079489Application Date: 2022-12-12
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Publication No.: US12085602B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Min Cheol Kim , Mi Ran Kim , Chang Hwi Lee
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: WILLIAM PARK & ASSOCIATES LTD.
- Priority: KR 20220079919 2022.06.29
- Main IPC: G01R31/26
- IPC: G01R31/26

Abstract:
The test circuit monitoring positive bias temperature instability (PBTI) includes a PBTI monitoring unit driven according to a power voltage, the PBTI monitoring unit outputting an output voltage having a potential that is equal to or lower than a potential of the power voltage according to a PBTI degradation rate of an NMOS transistor; and a degradation determiner for determining the PBTI degradation rate by comparing the potential of the output voltage to the potential of the power voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240003961A1 TEST CIRCUIT MONITORING PBTI AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2024-01-04
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