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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
Ruchir Saraswat, Vasundhara Ghaziabad, IN;
Balwant Singh, Greater Noida, IN;
Prashant Dubey, Ghaziabad, IN;
Ruchir Saraswat, Vasundhara Ghaziabad, IN;
Balwant Singh, Greater Noida, IN;
Prashant Dubey, Ghaziabad, IN;
STMicroelectronics PVT. Ltd., Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Abstract
An apparatus for enabling the on-chip analysis of the voltage and/or current transition behaviour of one or more embedded nets of an integrated circuit independently of the fabrication process. The said apparatus comprises a Reference Step Generator (RSG) for providing programmable reference voltages or currents, a Step Delay Generator (SDG) for providing programmable delays, a Comparator (C) that receives the output of the reference step generator on one input, the output from the node under test at the second input, and a latch enable signal from the step delay generator, and provides a latched digital output in response to the comparison, and a controller that co-ordinates the operation of the reference step generator, Step Delay Generator and Latching Comparator to provide a transient response measurement.