Invention Grant
US07667478B2 System and method for measuring negative bias thermal instability with a ring oscillator
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用环形振荡器测量负偏置热不稳定性的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for measuring negative bias thermal instability with a ring oscillator
- Patent Title (中): 用环形振荡器测量负偏置热不稳定性的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12277227Application Date: 2008-11-24
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Publication No.: US07667478B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Shingo Suzuki
- Applicant: Shingo Suzuki
- Main IPC: G01R31/02
- IPC: G01R31/02

Abstract:
An integrated circuit, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, includes a first device under test (DUT), a first ring oscillator, a second DUT and a second ring oscillator. The first DUT is biased such that interface traps are generated during a first mode. The generated interface traps result in a decrease in a first drive current of the first DUT. The second device under test is biased to maintain a reference drive current during the first mode. The operating frequency of the first ring oscillator, during a second mode, is a function of the first drive current. The operating frequency of the second ring oscillator, during the second mode, is a function of the reference drive current. The integrated circuit may also include a comparator for generating an output signal as a function of a difference between the operating frequency of the first and second ring oscillator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090079460A1 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING NEGATIVE BIAS THERMAL INSTABILITY WITH A RING OSCILLATOR Public/Granted day:2009-03-26
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