Invention Application
- Patent Title: ON-CHIP MEASUREMENT OF AC VARIABILITY IN INDIVIDUAL TRANSISTOR DEVICES
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Application No.: US13029214Application Date: 2011-02-17
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Publication No.: US20120212238A1Publication Date: 2012-08-23
- Inventor: Karthik Balakrishnan , Keith A. Jenkins
- Applicant: Karthik Balakrishnan , Keith A. Jenkins
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Main IPC: G01R27/28
- IPC: G01R27/28

Abstract:
An apparatus for determining alternating current (AC) delay variation of a transistor device under test includes a ring oscillator, the ring oscillator having the transistor device under test configured within a feedback path of the ring oscillator; and circuitry configured to measure a difference between a first signal delay path and a second signal delay path, the first signal delay path being between a gate terminal and a drain terminal of the transistor device under test, and the second signal delay path being between a source terminal and the drain terminal of the transistor device under test.
Public/Granted literature
- US08829922B2 On-chip measurement of AC variability in individual transistor devices Public/Granted day:2014-09-09
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