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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Anton Salfelner, Pernegg, AT;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 15/16 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2856 (2013.01); G01R 15/16 (2013.01); H01L 24/48 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48245 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1421 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an integrated circuit and associated method and packaged integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a first pad; a second pad; an active element having a node that is capacitively coupled to the first and second pads; a voltage or current source connected to the first pad; and a detection module connected to the second pad and configured to determine an electrical continuity between the second pad and the first pad.