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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Pin-Chou Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);

Michele Piccardi, Cupertino, CA (US);

Theodore T. Pekny, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/12 (2006.01); G08B 29/06 (2006.01); H03K 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/123 (2013.01); G08B 29/06 (2013.01); H03K 17/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A resistor-capacitor (RC) sensor circuit includes an integration capacitor configured to integrate a representative copy of a current that drives an electronic circuit line. The integration capacitor is configured to integrate over a first time period to generate a first representative voltage and over a second time period to generate a second representative voltage. The RC sensor circuit includes a sampling circuit coupled to the integration capacitor and configured to sample the first representative voltage and the second representative voltage. A ratio of the first sampled voltage and the second sampled voltage is indicative of an RC time constant of the electronic circuit line.


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