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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Carole D. Graas, Jericho, VT (US);
Nazmul Habib, South Burlington, VT (US);
Deborah M. Massey, Jericho, VT (US);
John G. Massey, Chittenden, VT (US);
Pascal A. Nsame, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ernest Y. Wu, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Emmanuel Yashchin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A per-chip equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) circuit sensor resides in an integrated circuit. The per-chip EOT circuit sensor determines electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit. The measured electrical characteristics include leakage current. The determined electrical characteristics are used to determine physical attributes of the integrated circuit. The physical attributes, including EOT, are used in a reliability model to predict per-chip failure rate.