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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;

Inventors:

Pravesh Kumar Saini, Greater Noida, IN;

Shashwat, Kaushambi, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2884 (2013.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An on chip leakage-current detection device including a first inverter where the magnitude of delay of the output signal of the first inverter is determined by a leakage current of a target device. The leakage-current detection device further includes: a capacitor that is charged by the output signal of the first inverter; a second inverter coupled to capacitor that switches states when the capacitor is charged to a switching level; an odd number of additional inverters coupled in a sequence with a second-inverter output. The output of the leakage-current detection device has a frequency proportional to the leakage of the target device.


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