Lsi Logic Corporation

Lsi Corporation

Sangjune Park

Richard Thomas Schultz

John D Walker

Robert W Davis

Jay Tatsuo Fukumoto

Carl Iwashita

Kenneth J Paradis

An electronic device includes a heat dissipating component located over a substrate. An isolation trench is formed in the substrate adjacent the component. A contact region of the substrate is bounded by the trench. An electrically isolated contact is located over and in contact with the contact region. The electrically isolated contact and the contact region provide a thermally conductive path to the substrate.

Integrated heat sink

A method for characterizing the current as a function of applied electric field for a resistor exposed to a high electric fields is described. The method uses current versus voltage measurements at low electric fields, where the resistor is not damaged and the current does not saturate. An example illustrating the importance of such resistor characterization is provided.

Method for simulating resistor characteristics at high electric fields

An integrated circuit is provided, which includes a transistor device under test, an AC drive circuit, an AC bias circuit and a DC bias circuit. The AC drive circuit generates an AC drive signal. The AC bias circuit biases the transistor device under AC bias conditions in response to the AC drive signal. The DC bias circuit biases the transistor device under DC bias conditions. A switch circuit selectively couples the transistor device to the AC bias circuit in an AC stress mode and to the DC bias circuit in a DC measurement mode.

Reliability circuit for applying an AC stress signal or DC measurement to a transistor device

A method of characterizing a total width and an overall effective length for a bent gate. The bent gate is divided into logical portions, and each of the logical portions is designated as one of a bent portion, a corner portion, and a straight portion. A corner portion gate width and a corner portion effective length are computed for each of the logical portions designated as a corner portion. Similarly, a bent portion gate width and a bent portion effective length are computed for each of the logical portions designated as a bent portion. Likewise, a straight portion gate width and a straight portion effective length are computed for each of the logical portions designated as a straight portion. The total width of the bent gate is computed from the corner portion gate width, the bent portion gate width, and the straight portion gate width. Similarly, the overall effective length of the bent gate is computed from the corner portion effective length, the bent portion effective length, and the straight portion effective length.

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