• Patent Title: Process Corner Detection Circuit Based on Self-Timing Oscillation Ring
  • Application No.: US15321111
    Application Date: 2014-12-26
  • Publication No.: US20170219649A1
    Publication Date: 2017-08-03
  • Inventor: Weiwei ShanLongxing ShiJun Yang
  • Applicant: Southeast University
  • Priority: CN201410291341.9 20140625
  • International Application: PCT/CN2014/095074 WO 20141226
  • Main IPC: G01R31/28
  • IPC: G01R31/28 H03K3/03
Process Corner Detection Circuit Based on Self-Timing Oscillation Ring
Abstract:
A process corner detection circuit based on a self-timing oscillation ring comprises a reset circuit (1), the self-timing oscillation ring (2), and a counting module (3). The self-timing oscillation ring (2) consists of m two-input Miller units 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 oscillation ring (2). The number of oscillations of the self-timing oscillation ring (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.
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