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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hanyi Ding, Colchester, VT (US);

Kai D. Feng, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Hailing Wang, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Zhijian Yang, Stormville, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H03K 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2824 (2013.01); H03K 3/0315 (2013.01);
Abstract

A test circuit for a ring oscillator comprising a plurality of inverting stages includes a power supply, the power supply configured to provide a voltage to the plurality of inverting stages of the ring oscillator at a power output; and a power sensing resistor located between the power output of the power supply and direct current (DC) bias inputs of the inverting stages of the ring oscillator, wherein a signal from the power sensing resistor is configured to be monitored to determine a characteristic of the ring oscillator.


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