- Patent Title: Semiconductor devices comprising failure detectors for detecting failure of bipolar junction transistors and methods for detecting failure of the bipolar junction transistors
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Application No.: US17984332Application Date: 2022-11-10
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Publication No.: US12181512B2Publication Date: 2024-12-31
- Inventor: Donghun Heo , Himchan Park , Cheolhwan Lim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2022-0032989 20220316,KR10-2022-0057947 20220511
- Main IPC: G01R31/26
- IPC: G01R31/26 ; G01R19/10 ; H01L27/06

Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a voltage generator configured to generate a first base-emitter voltage of a first bipolar junction transistor, and a failure detector configured to generate a failure signal by comparing the first base-emitter voltage with an upper limit reference voltage and a lower limit reference voltage. The failure detector may include a second bipolar junction transistor a current source configured to generate a bias current, a first resistor coupled between the current source and a emitter of the second bipolar junction transistor to generate the upper limit reference voltage, a second resistor and a third resistor configured to divide a second base-emitter voltage of the second bipolar junction transistor to generate the lower limit reference voltage, and a first and second comparator configured to compare the first base-emitter voltage with the upper limit reference voltage and the lower limit reference voltage, respectively, to generate respective failure signals.
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