Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process corner detection circuit based on self-timing oscillation ring
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Application No.: US15321111Application Date: 2014-12-26
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Publication No.: US10422830B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Weiwei Shan , Longxing Shi , Jun Yang
- Applicant: Southeast University
- Applicant Address: CN Jiangsu
- Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Jiangsu
- Agency: Chalker Flores, LLP
- Agent Edwin S. Flores
- Priority: CN201410291341 20140625
- International Application: PCT/CN2014/095074 WO 20141226
- International Announcement: WO2015/196772 WO 20151230
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; H03K3/03

Abstract:
A process corner detection circuit based on a self-timing ring oscillator comprises a reset circuit (1), the self-timing oscillation ring (2), and a counting module (3). The self-timing ring oscillator (2) consists of m two-input Muller C-elements and inverters, and a two-input AND gate, m being a positive integer greater than or equal to 3. The circuit can be used for detecting a process corner of a fabricated integrated circuit chip, and reflecting the process corner of the chip according to the number of oscillations of the self-timing ring oscillator (2). The number of oscillations of the self-timing ring oscillator (2) in different process corners is acquired by Hspice simulation before the chip tape-out, and the process corner of the chip after the chip tape-out can be determined according to the actually measured number of oscillations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170219649A1 Process Corner Detection Circuit Based on Self-Timing Oscillation Ring Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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