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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. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hung-Jen Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
W. Eugene Hill, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/358 ; H01L 2/166 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/358 ; H01L 2/166 ;
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for determining floating body delay effects in an SOI wafer, wherein test apparatus is provided in a wafer comprising a plurality of floating body devices fabricated in series in the wafer, and a pulse generation circuit providing a pulse output corresponding to a delay time associated with the floating body chain according to an input pulse edge and a propagated pulse edge from the floating body devices.