Texas Instruments Corporation

Mayur Joshi

Jose Luis Flores

Anthony Martin Hill

This invention places plural ring oscillators on a semiconductor chip during manufacture. The respective oscillation frequencies of these ring oscillators are measured. The semiconductor chip is assigned a grade dependent upon the measured frequencies. The ring oscillators are disposed proximate to critical paths on the semiconductor chip and employ circuit types to model the critical path operation under as many the manufacturing variations as possible. A linearly fitted model of ring oscillator frequencies to critical path delays is constructed during characterization after manufacture.

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