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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Robert Christopher Baumann, Dallas, TX (US);
John Michael Carulli, Jr., Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert Christopher Baumann, Dallas, TX (US);
John Michael Carulli, Jr., Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 35/00 (2006.01); H01H 83/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/24 (2006.01); G11C 8/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 7/24 (2013.01); G11C 8/20 (2013.01); G11C 16/22 (2013.01); Y10T 307/729 (2015.04); Y10T 307/766 (2015.04); Y10T 307/832 (2015.04); Y10T 307/858 (2015.04);
Abstract
Integrated circuits and methods for deactivating user circuit operation with one or more wide channel sensing transistors biased to an on condition for exposure to total ionizing dose and then to an off condition for measurement and comparison of a leakage current or threshold voltage parameter to a predetermined reference, and a deactivation circuit selectively disables operation of the user circuit if the sensed parameter is greater than or equal to the reference.