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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Darren Anand, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Nazmul Habib, South Burlington, VT (US);
Robert Mcmahon, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Troy Perry, Georgia, VT (US);
Darren Anand, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Nazmul Habib, South Burlington, VT (US);
Robert McMahon, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Troy Perry, Georgia, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A design structure instantiated in a machine readable medium; the design structure includes all of the necessary information for designing a test circuit. The test circuit is used for performing device-specific testing and acquiring parametric data on integrated circuits, for example ASICs, such that each chip is tested individually without excessive test time requirements, additional silicon, or special test equipment. The design structure includes at least one test circuit and may be integrated into an IC design, along with all of the required manufacturing data for producing a final design structure. The final design structure may be in the form of a GDS storage medium or another form of medium suitable for sending the final data structure to, for example, a manufacturer, foundry, customer, or other design house.