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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jeanne P. Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Kevin K. Dezfulian, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

Susan K. Lichtensteiger, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Jeanne H. Raymond, Richmond, VT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/317 (2006.01); G01R 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/31718 (2013.01); G01R 31/3008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and structures for leakage screening are disclosed. A method includes sorting devices manufactured from the same device design into voltage bins corresponding to a respective supply voltage. The method further includes determining a respective total power of each of the voltage bins. The method further includes determining a respective uplift power of the voltage bins. The method further includes determining a respective first leakage screen value for each of the voltage bins based on the respective uplift power of each of the voltage bins.


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