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US07868638B2 System and method for measuring negative bias thermal instability with a ring oscillator 有权
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
  • Application No.: US12649750
    Application Date: 2009-12-30
  • Publication No.: US07868638B2
    Publication Date: 2011-01-11
  • Inventor: Shingo Suzuki
  • Applicant: Shingo Suzuki
  • Main IPC: G01R31/02
  • IPC: G01R31/02
System and method for measuring negative bias thermal instability with a ring oscillator
Abstract:
An integrated circuit, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, includes a first device under test (DUT) module coupled to a first ring oscillator module and a second DUT module coupled to a second ring oscillator module. The first DUT module 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 module. The second device under test module is biased to maintain a reference drive current during the first mode. The operating frequency of the first ring oscillator module, during a second mode, is a function of the first drive current. The operating frequency of the second ring oscillator module, during the second mode, is a function of the reference drive current. The integrated circuit may also include a comparator module for generating an output signal as a function of a difference between the operating frequency of the first and second ring oscillator modules.
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