Invention Grant
- Patent Title: On-chip leakage measurement
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Application No.: US15060497Application Date: 2016-03-03
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Publication No.: US09863994B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Chen-Yong Cher , Keith A. Jenkins , Barry P. Linder
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Law Offices of Ira D. Blecker, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01R31/02
- IPC: G01R31/02 ; G01R19/165

Abstract:
Method of measuring semiconductor device leakage which includes: providing a semiconductor device powered by a supply voltage and having a circuit block of transistors; providing on the semiconductor device a test circuit providing an input to a counter and a fixed-frequency measurement clock to provide a clock signal to the counter; disconnecting a system clock from the circuit block; receiving by the test circuit the supply voltage as an input; initializing the counter; starting the counter when the supply voltage is at or below a first voltage Vhigh; monitoring a decrease of the supply voltage with time; stopping the counter when the supply voltage is at or below a second voltage Vlow such that Vhigh is greater than Vlow; and reading the counter to provide the semiconductor device leakage metric. Also disclosed is an apparatus and a computer program product.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170254846A1 ON-CHIP LEAKAGE MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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