发明授权
- 专利标题： Warranty monitoring and enforcement for integrated circuit and related design structure
- 专利标题（中）： 集成电路和相关设计结构的保修监控和执行
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申请号： US12113974申请日： 2008-05-02
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公开(公告)号： US08452566B2公开(公告)日： 2013-05-28
- 发明人: Kenneth J. Goodnow , Suzanne Granato , Eze Kamanu , Todd E. Leonard , Ramnath Ravindran , Kyle E. Schneider , Peter A. Twombly
- 申请人： Kenneth J. Goodnow , Suzanne Granato , Eze Kamanu , Todd E. Leonard , Ramnath Ravindran , Kyle E. Schneider , Peter A. Twombly
- 申请人地址： US NY Armonk
- 专利权人： International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人： International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址： US NY Armonk
- 代理机构： Hoffman Warnick LLC
- 代理商 David A. Cain
- 主分类号： G06F3/00
- IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/023 ; G06F3/03
摘要：
An integrated circuit (IC) including a warranty and enforcement system, and a related design structure and HDL design structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC includes a parameter obtainer for obtaining a value of a parameter of the IC; a warranty data storage system for storing warranty limit data regarding the IC; a comparator for determining whether a warranty limit has been exceeded by comparing the value of the parameter to a corresponding warranty limit; and an action taker for taking a prescribed action in response to the warranty limit being exceeded.