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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2009
Jae Cho, Saratoga, CA (US);
Glenn O'rourke, San Juan Bautista, CA (US);
Michael M. Matera, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jongheon Jeong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jae Cho, Saratoga, CA (US);
Glenn O'Rourke, San Juan Bautista, CA (US);
Michael M. Matera, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jongheon Jeong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for self-regulated burn-in of an integrated circuit (IC) is described. One embodiment of a method of burn-in for the IC includes: configuring programmable resources of the IC device based on a burn-in pattern to implement a load controller, the load controller having a plurality of heat core circuits. The load controller is initialized with a number of enabled heat core circuits of the plurality of heat core circuits. A junction temperature is measured in the IC device after a measurement period has elapsed. The junction temperature is compared with a set-point temperature. The number of the enabled heat core circuits is increased if the junction temperature is less than the set-point temperature, or the number of the enabled heat core circuits is decreased if the junction temperature is greater than the set-point temperature.