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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Palkesh Jain, Bangalore, IN;
Inventor:
Palkesh Jain, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00315 (2013.01);
Abstract
Standard cells that include transistors subject to aging as a result of BTI-related operating conditions are identified and replaced with BTI-resistant standard cells, for example. The BTI-resistant standard cells are typically functionally equivalent circuits (such as circuits included in standard cells in a design library) and are arranged to ensure that critical transistors are protected (e.g., by either extending recovery times and/or turning the transistor off in response to a critical edge transition).