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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:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Akram Ali Salman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xuejun Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kurt O. Taylor, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen G. Beebe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akram Ali Salman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xuejun Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kurt O. Taylor, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen G. Beebe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to various methods for determining the reliability of dielectric layers. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises providing a device having a dielectric layer, applying a plurality of constant voltage pulses to the device and measuring a current through the dielectric layer after one or more of the constant voltage pulses has been applied.
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