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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Bidyut Sen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sreemala Pannala, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bidyut Sen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sreemala Pannala, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application describes a method and an apparatus for characterizing a conductive plane using multipoint measurement. In an embodiment of the present invention, a known current is injected in the conductive plane using multipoint probes and voltage is measured using multipoint probes. The electrical characteristics of the plane can be determined using the values of the known current, measured voltage and the distance between the probes. In an embodiment of the present invention, the conductive plane is integrated in a semiconductor package of an integrated circuit and the value of the known current is determined based on the actual current that can be provided by the integrated circuit during normal operation.
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