Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage comparator circuit and usage thereof
- Patent Title (中): 电压比较器电路及其用途
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Application No.: US14863011Application Date: 2015-09-23
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Publication No.: US09299458B1Publication Date: 2016-03-29
- Inventor: Lior Binyamini , Lidar Herooti , Noam Jungmann , Elazar Kachir , Donald W. Plass , Hezi Shalom , Israel Wagner
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; G11C29/50

Abstract:
A method for testing a circuit comprising a memory element, a voltage comparator and a supply selector, the circuit is configured to be connected to two power supplies, the voltage comparator is configured to provide an output indicative of a voltage difference between the two power supplies above a predetermined threshold, the supply selector is configured to select a power supply to feed power to the memory element in response to the output from the voltage comparator. The method comprises connecting the two power supplies to the circuit, wherein said connecting comprises causing the two power supplies to drive power to the memory element and to another element of the circuit, wherein the voltage different between the two power supplies is above the predetermined threshold. The method further comprises that in response to said connecting, the supply selector of the circuit is invoked and disconnects one power supply from the memory element; whereby stress testing the circuit, the stress testing tests the memory element without a voltage difference condition, the stress testing tests the another element with the voltage difference condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160071617A1 VOLTAGE COMPARATOR CIRCUIT AND USAGE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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