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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Kristofor Jason Dickson, Austin, TX (US);
Hubert Martin Bode, Haar, DE;
Swaminathan Subramanian, Austin, TX (US);
Kent Bradley Erington, Austin, TX (US);
Kurt Ulrich Neugebauer, Vaterstetten, DE;
William Franklin Johnstone, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
One example discloses a test-point access structure within a semiconductor, including: a target test-point configured to be coupled to a circuit within the semiconductor; a first doped region within the semiconductor configured to generate a first signal in response to an energy beam transmitted by a circuit editing (CE) tool; a second doped region within the semiconductor configured to generate a second signal in response to the energy beam transmitted by the CE tool; and a target pad coupling the target test-point to the first doped region; wherein the CE tool is configured to remove material from the semiconductor in response to the first signal and the second signal.