Multi-function bond pad
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11574884B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US17162189

    申请日:2021-01-29

    Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more multinode pads having two or more conductive segments spaced from one another on a semiconductor die. A conductive stud bump is selectively formed on portions of the first and second conductive segments to program circuitry of the semiconductor die or to couple a supply circuit to a load circuit. The multinode pad can be coupled to a programming circuit in the semiconductor die to allow programming a programmable circuit of the semiconductor die during packaging. The multinode pad has respective conductive segments coupled to the supply circuit and the load circuit to allow current consumption or other measurements during wafer probe testing in which the first and second conductive segments are separately probed prior to stud bump formation.

    System and method for control of automated test equipment contactor

    公开(公告)号:US10761111B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US15989126

    申请日:2018-05-24

    Abstract: A system includes a controller for automated test equipment (ATE) contactor to interface with a device under test (DUT) including a power converter having a primary and secondary side, each side has an input/output (I/O) pin. The controller causes the ATE contactor to apply a load current on the secondary side of the power converter at a first value and vary the load current to a second value. The contactor receives first and second indications, at the first and second load currents, of a voltage on the primary side I/O pin, a voltage on the primary side of the power converter, an input current on the primary side of the power converter, a voltage on the secondary side I/O pin, and a voltage on the secondary side of the power converter. The controller determines a primary and secondary side ATE contactor resistances based on the first and second indications.

    Push-pull converter with saturation prevention

    公开(公告)号:US12283894B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18153249

    申请日:2023-01-11

    Abstract: In described examples, a converter circuit includes a primary-side ground, a current sensor, a control signal generator, first and second control switches, and a transformer with a center-tapped primary-side coil. A first terminal of the first control switch is coupled to a first terminal of the coil and a first input of the current sensor. A first terminal of the second control switch is coupled to a second terminal of the coil and a second input of the current sensor. Second terminals of the first and second control switches are coupled to ground. The control signal generator closes the first control switch and opens the second control switch in a first phase; opens the first control switch and closes the second control switch in a second phase that alternates with the first phase; and adjusts first phase duration in response to current sensor output, without changing converter period duration.

    System for Detecting External Reference Resistor in Voltage Supply Path

    公开(公告)号:US20240136989A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US17972518

    申请日:2022-10-23

    CPC classification number: H03F3/45654 H03F3/45183 H03F2203/45526

    Abstract: A system includes an operational amplifier which includes a first amplifier input, a second amplifier input and an amplifier output. The system includes a first switch which includes a first terminal and includes a second terminal coupled to the first amplifier input. The system includes a second switch which includes a first terminal coupled to the first amplifier input and a second terminal coupled to the second amplifier input. The system includes a first bias current source coupled between the first amplifier input and a common potential and includes a second bias current source coupled between the first terminal of the first switch and the common potential. The system includes a feedback path between the amplifier output and the first amplifier input.

    Multifunction pin for soft start and current limit in voltage converters

    公开(公告)号:US12160169B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US17828470

    申请日:2022-05-31

    Abstract: Circuits and systems include a parallel resistor-capacitor (RC) network coupled between a pin and ground, and first and second transistors coupled in source follower configuration with a common gate coupling. The source of the first transistor is coupled to the pin. A first switch couples a drain of the first transistor to the common gate coupling during soft-start (SS) and decouples that connection during over current limit (OCL) sensing, and a second switch couples a drain of the second transistor to the common gate coupling during OCL sensing and decouples that connection during SS. A first current source is enabled deliver a constant current to the pin during SS. A second current source is enabled to generate a reference voltage at the source of the second transistor during OCL, which reference voltage is transferred to the pin by the source follower configuration. A comparator controls the switches to transition from SS to OCL sensing. The comparator output signal is based on a comparison of the voltage at the pin to a threshold voltage.

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