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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:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Psemi Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald E. Reedy, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Mark Englekirk, Littleton, CO (US);
Tero Tapio Ranta, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
pSemi Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2020.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2621 (2013.01); G01R 19/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices to detect defects in gate oxides of MOSFETs are disclosed. The disclosed methods and devices rely upon current measurements or decay measurements of the voltages across MOS capacitors. The described devices can be implemented in the RF circuits with elements having stringent reliability requirements.