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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Jiaw-Ren Shih, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jhong-Sheng Wang, Taichung, TW;
Shih-Hsin Chen, Chiayi County, TW;
Jen-Hao Lee, Taichung, TW;
Ting-Sheng Huang, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) and a method for operating the IC are provided. The IC comprises a device under test and a first heater. The first heater is located at a first side of the device and provides heat to control a temperature of the device. The first heater comprises a semiconductor device having a first doped region and a second doped region having a conductivity type opposite to that of the first doped region, the first doped region interfacing with the second doped region.