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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Vance D. Archer, Iii, Greensboro, NC (US);
Daniel P. Chesire, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Warren K. Gladden, Macungie, PA (US);
Seung H. Kang, San Diego, CA (US);
Taeho Kook, Orlando, FL (US);
Sailesh M. Merchant, Macungie, PA (US);
Vivian Ryan, Hampton, NJ (US);
Vance D. Archer, III, Greensboro, NC (US);
Daniel P. Chesire, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Warren K. Gladden, Macungie, PA (US);
Seung H. Kang, San Diego, CA (US);
Taeho Kook, Orlando, FL (US);
Sailesh M. Merchant, Macungie, PA (US);
Vivian Ryan, Hampton, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention, in one aspect, provides a semiconductor device (), including transistors (), dielectric layers () located over the transistors (), interconnects () formed within the dielectric layers (), and a test structure () located adjacent a hot-spot () of the semiconductor device () and configured to monitor a real-time operational parameter of at least one of the transistors () or interconnects ().