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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonne Verneri Koski, The Hague, NL;
Filip Kazimierz Malinowski, Delft, NL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method of determining a gate capacitance of a semiconductor device having a source, a drain, a gate, and a channel, the semiconductor device being arranged in a circuit further comprising an electrical resonator, wherein one of the source, the drain, and the gate is connected to the electrical resonator. The method comprises: measuring a resonance frequency of the circuit; and calculating, based on the resonance frequency, the gate capacitance. Since it is not necessary to pass a current through the semiconductor device, an accurate measurement of gate capacitance may be achieved. Also provided are an apparatus for determining a gate capacitance, a probe for measuring gate capacitance, and a related computer program product.