Method of assessing potential for charging damage in SOI...

Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode

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C257S356000, C257S362000

Reexamination Certificate

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07067886

ABSTRACT:
A method and structure alters an integrated circuit design having silicon over insulator (SOI) transistors. The method/structure prevents damage from charging during processing to the gate of SOI transistors by tracing electrical nets in the integrated circuit design, identifying SOI transistors that have a voltage differential between the source/drain and gate as potentially damaged SOI transistors (based on the tracing of the electrical nets), and connecting a shunt device across the source/drain and the gate of each of the potentially damaged SOI transistors. Alternatively, the method/structure provides for connecting compensating conductors through a series device.

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