Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit and method for measuring voltage
- Patent Title (中): 用于测量电压的电路和方法
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Application No.: US13416892Application Date: 2012-03-09
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Publication No.: US08935117B2Publication Date: 2015-01-13
- Inventor: Walter Luis Tercariol , Richard T. L. Saez , Fernando Zampronho Neto , Ivan Carlos Ribeiro Nascimento
- Applicant: Walter Luis Tercariol , Richard T. L. Saez , Fernando Zampronho Neto , Ivan Carlos Ribeiro Nascimento
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G01R31/00 ; G01R31/28 ; G01R19/00 ; G01R31/26 ; G01R31/3185 ; H01L29/78 ; H01L29/417 ; H03K17/082

Abstract:
A testing circuit in an integrated circuit indirectly measures a voltage at a node of other circuitry in the integrated circuit. The testing circuit includes a transistor having a control electrode, a first conducting electrode coupled to a first pad, a second conducting electrode coupled to a terminal of a power supply, and one or more switches for selectively coupling the control electrode to one of the node and a second pad. A method includes determining a relationship between drain current and gate voltage of the transistor when the control electrode is coupled to the second pad. A voltage at the node is determined by relating the current through the first conducting electrode of the transistor when control electrode is coupled to the node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130238273A1 CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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