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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2000
Jente Benedict Kuang, Lakeville, MN (US);
Mary Joseph Saccamango, Poughquag, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring excess body charges in partially depleted SOI CMOS devices. An apparatus for floating body charge monitoring in partially depleted silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS circuits includes a monitor core circuit for conditionally generating an intentional bipolar discharge current. A current mirroring multiplier is coupled to the monitor core circuit for amplifying the intentional bipolar discharge current and generating a state disturb current. A state setting latch is coupled to the current mirroring multiplier for determining and setting a condition for a discharge action.