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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2006
Applicants:

Ping-chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Paul A. Hyde, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Kevin Kolvenbach, Walden, NY (US);

Giuseppe LA Rosa, Fishkill, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ping-Chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Paul A. Hyde, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Kevin Kolvenbach, Walden, NY (US);

Giuseppe La Rosa, Fishkill, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method comprises determining a poly-gate temperature for a given device and determining channel temperatures of monitor devices. The method further includes extrapolating channel temperatures of the monitor devices to obtain a channel temperature for the given device. The difference in temperature (ΔT value) is determined for the given device based on the poly-gate temperature and the channel temperature. A device comprises a heating device having a poly gate with at least one contact at each end thereof and a plurality of monitor device spaced at known distances from the heating device


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