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公开(公告)号:US11740281B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17703438
申请日:2022-03-24
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Eyal Fayneh , Edi Shmueli , Alexander Burlak , Evelyn Landman , Inbar Weintrob , Yahel David , Shai Cohen , Guy Redler
IPC分类号: G01R31/28
CPC分类号: G01R31/2853
摘要: An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a margin measurement circuit configured to monitor multiple data paths of the IC and to output, at different times, different ranges of remaining margins of the multiple data paths; a workload sensor configured to output a value representing aggregate operational stress experienced by the IC over a period of time ending at each of the different times; and a processor configured to: (i) compute, based on the value output by said workload sensor, an upper bound and a lower bound of change of the remaining margin of the IC, and (ii) compute upper and lower bounds of a current remaining margin of the IC, based on (a) the upper and lower bounds of change, and (b) a remaining margin indicated by a border between two adjacent ranges outputted by the margin measurement circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US10740262B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US16729680
申请日:2019-12-30
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Eyal Fayneh , Evelyn Landman , Shai Cohen , Guy Redler , Inbar Weintrob
IPC分类号: G06F3/00 , G06F13/16 , H01L25/065 , H01L25/18 , H01L23/00
摘要: An input/output (I/O) block for a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), which includes: at least one I/O buffer, configured to define at least one signal path in respect of a connection to a remote I/O block via a communication channel, each signal path causing a respective signal edge slope; and an I/O sensor, coupled to the at least one signal path and configured to generate an output signal indicative of one or both of: (a) a timing difference between the signal edge for a first signal path and the signal edge for a second signal path, and (b) an eye pattern parameter for one or more of the at least one signal path.
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公开(公告)号:US12123908B1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US18367333
申请日:2023-09-12
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Eyal Fayneh , Guy Redler , Shai Cohen , Evelyn Landman
IPC分类号: G01R31/28 , G01R31/317 , G01R31/3177
CPC分类号: G01R31/2896 , G01R31/31727 , G01R31/3177
摘要: Loopback testing may be provided for one or more transmission output paths of a semiconductor Integrated Circuit (IC). One or more parametric loopback sensors are provided in the semiconductor IC, each parametric loopback sensor being configured to receive a clocked data input signal to a respective transmitter of the IC and a signal from a transmission output path from the respective transmitter of the IC, and to generate a respective sensor output based on a comparison of the clocked data input signal and the signal from the transmission output path for the respective transmitter of the IC. A programmable load circuit is also provided in the semiconductor IC, coupled to each transmission output path.
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公开(公告)号:US11385282B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-12
申请号:US16764056
申请日:2018-11-15
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Evelyn Landman , Shai Cohen , Yahel David , Eyal Fayneh , Inbar Weintrob
摘要: A semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) comprising a signal path combiner, comprising a plurality of input paths and an output path. The IC comprises a delay circuit having an input electrically connected to the output path, the delay circuit delaying an input signal by a variable delay time to output a delayed signal path. The IC may comprise a first storage circuit electrically connected to the output path and a second storage circuit electrically connected to the delayed signal path. The IC comprises a comparison circuit that compares outputs of the signal path combiner and the delayed signal, wherein the comparison circuit comprises a comparison output provided in a comparison data signal to at least one mitigation circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US11132485B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US17254468
申请日:2019-06-19
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Evelyn Landman , Yair Talker , Eyal Fayneh , Yahel David , Shai Cohen , Inbar Weintrob
IPC分类号: G06F30/30 , G06F30/3312 , G06F111/08 , G06F119/22 , G06F119/06
摘要: A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: running a Monte Carlo simulation of possible integrated circuit (IC) process variations of each of a plurality of IC cell types, wherein each of the plurality of IC cell types is defined by multiple specific transistors and multiple specific interconnects; based on the results of the Monte Carlo simulation, creating a library of IC cell types and their corresponding behavioral values for each of the possible IC process variations, and storing the library in a non-transient memory; receiving an IC design embodied as a digital file; correlating the received IC design with the library; and predicting a frequency distribution and a power distribution of ICs manufactured according to the IC design.
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公开(公告)号:US12092684B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US18215828
申请日:2023-06-29
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Eyal Fayneh , Inbar Weintrob , Evelyn Landman , Yahel David , Shai Cohen , Guy Redler
IPC分类号: G01R31/28
CPC分类号: G01R31/2853
摘要: An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a margin measurement circuit configured to monitor multiple data paths of the IC and to output, at different times, different ranges of remaining margins of the multiple data paths; a workload sensor configured to output a value representing aggregate operational stress experienced by the IC over a period of time ending at each of the different times; and a processor configured to: (i) compute, based on the value output by said workload sensor, an upper bound and a lower bound of change of the remaining margin of the IC, and (ii) compute upper and lower bounds of a current remaining margin of the IC, based on (a) the upper and lower bounds of change, and (b) a remaining margin indicated by a border between two adjacent ranges outputted by the margin measurement circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US11841395B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17862142
申请日:2022-07-11
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Evelyn Landman , Shai Cohen , Yahel David , Eyal Fayneh , Inbar Weintrob
CPC分类号: G01R31/2881 , G01R31/3016
摘要: A semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) comprising a signal path combiner, comprising a plurality of input paths and an output path. The IC comprises a delay circuit having an input electrically connected to the output path, the delay circuit delaying an input signal by a variable delay time to output a delayed signal path. The IC may comprise a first storage circuit electrically connected to the output path and a second storage circuit electrically connected to the delayed signal path. The IC comprises a comparison circuit that compares outputs of the signal path combiner and the delayed signal, wherein the comparison circuit comprises a comparison output provided in a comparison data signal to at least one mitigation circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US11762789B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17589758
申请日:2022-01-31
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Eyal Fayneh , Evelyn Landman , Shai Cohen , Guy Redler , Inbar Weintrob
IPC分类号: G06F13/16 , H01L25/065 , H01L25/18 , H01L23/00
CPC分类号: G06F13/1673 , H01L24/16 , H01L25/0655 , H01L25/18 , H01L2224/16227 , H01L2924/1431 , H01L2924/1436 , H01L2924/15321
摘要: An input/output (I/O) block for a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), which includes: at least one I/O buffer, configured to define at least one signal path in respect of a connection to a remote I/O block via a communication channel, each signal path causing a respective signal edge slope; and an I/O sensor, coupled to the at least one signal path and configured to generate an output signal indicative of one or both of: (a) a timing difference between the signal edge for a first signal path and the signal edge for a second signal path, and (b) an eye pattern parameter for one or more of the at least one signal path.
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公开(公告)号:US11762013B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17047243
申请日:2019-04-16
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Evelyn Landman , Yahel David , Eyal Fayneh , Shai Cohen , Yair Talker
IPC分类号: G01R31/28 , G01R31/317 , G06N3/08 , G06N7/01
CPC分类号: G01R31/31707 , G01R31/2803 , G01R31/2894 , G01R31/31718 , G06N3/08 , G06N7/01
摘要: A computerized method for IC classification, outlier detection and/or anomaly detection comprising using at least one hardware processor for testing each of the plurality of ICs in accordance with an IC design on a wafer, wherein the IC design comprises a plurality of sensors. The at least one hardware processor is used for testing each of the plurality of ICs by: collecting a plurality of sensor values, the plurality of sensor values including sensor values from each of the plurality of sensors; comparing the plurality of sensor values to a classification scheme, thereby obtaining a classification for each tested IC; and recording the classification of the tested IC.
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公开(公告)号:US11408932B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-09
申请号:US16960421
申请日:2019-01-08
申请人: PROTEANTECS LTD.
发明人: Eyal Fayneh , Inbar Weintrob , Evelyn Landman , Yahel David , Shai Cohen , Guy Redler
摘要: Determination of one or more operating conditions (leakage current, temperature and/or workload) of a functional transistor in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC). The functional transistor provides an electrical current, which is provided as an input to a ring oscillator (ROSC). The ROSC is located in the IC proximate to the functional transistor and has an oscillation frequency in operation. The one or more operating conditions of the functional transistor are determined based on the oscillation frequency of the ROSC.
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