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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven P. Korson, Bruckberg, DE;
Brian D. Borchers, Wylie, TX (US);
Bryan Sheffield, Rowlett, TX (US);
Clive Bittlestone, Lucas, TX (US);
Doug Counce, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/20 ; G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/20 ; G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention is circuitry that contains a programmable delay and a pulse generator that send clock signals of a certain frequency to a device under test . The programmable delay increases the frequency of the clock signal to the device under test until the device under test fails. The cycle time measurement of the device under test is the period of maximum frequency at which the device under test operates properly.