Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – With rotor
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-15
2005-03-15
Nguyen, Vinh P. (Department: 2829)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
With rotor
C324S765010
Reexamination Certificate
active
06867580
ABSTRACT:
A test circuit is included in an IC wafer for testing the reliability of ICS under high current stress. The test circuit includes two sensing transistors, a select transistor, and a resistor. The two ends of the resistor are coupled to two sense terminals through the two sensing transistors. One end of the resistor is also coupled to a first stress input terminal; the other end of the resistor is coupled to a second stress input terminal through the select transistor. When the test circuit is selected, the sensing and select transistors are turned on. A current path is formed between the two stress input terminals, and a voltage differential can be measured across the resistor using the two sense terminals. Row and column select circuits enable the rapid testing of many resistor sizes and configurations in an array of such test circuits.
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de Jong Jan L.
Ling Zicheng G.
Cartier Lois D.
Nguyen Vinh P.
Xilinx , Inc.
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