Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for characterizing device variation in electronic memory circuits
- Patent Title (中): 表征电子存储器电路中器件变化的方法
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Application No.: US12542187Application Date: 2009-08-17
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Publication No.: US08086917B2Publication Date: 2011-12-27
- Inventor: Ching-Te K. Chuang , Jae-Joon Kim , Saibal Mukhopadhyay
- Applicant: Ching-Te K. Chuang , Jae-Joon Kim , Saibal Mukhopadhyay
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00 ; G11C7/00

Abstract:
A circuit includes a comparator circuit configured such that its output toggles from a first digital logical level to a second digital logical level when its first and second inputs transition between a first state wherein the first input has an applied voltage greater than an applied voltage at the second input and a second state wherein the first input has an applied voltage less than an applied voltage at the second input. A plurality of cells each have at least one series-connected pair of field effect transistors interconnected at an output node intermediate the field effect transistors. Decoding logic is configured to select a given one of the cells for measurement, and selectively interconnect the output node of the given one of the cells to the first input of the comparator circuit. Voltage supply circuitry is configured to (i) apply voltages to the gates of the pair of transistors of the given one of the cells selected for measurement, such that the pair of transistors operate in a linear region, and have a variable voltage difference, Δ, between their gate-to-source voltages, and (ii) vary the Δ until the comparator circuit output toggles from the first digital logical level to the second digital logical level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090310430A1 METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING DEVICE VARIATION IN ELECTRONIC MEMORY CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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