MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF STANDARD CELL LIBRARY

摘要

Disclosed herein is a measurement apparatus for improving performances of standard cells in a standard cell library when verifying performance of the standard cell library through a ring oscillator among various test element groups (TEGs). The measurement apparatus includes a ring oscillator block activated in response to an enable signal externally inputted thereto for outputting measurement result values, a decoder for selectively outputting one or more of the measurement result values from the ring oscillator block, and a statistics assistor for receiving output values from the decoder for a predetermined period and outputting a maximum value, a minimum value and an average value of the received values. The ring oscillator block includes a pulse generator for generating a pulse in response to the enable signal, a pulse stable unit for synchronizing the pulse generated by the pulse generator with a system clock pulse, a clock enable unit for outputting the system clock pulse according to a state of the pulse outputted from the pulse stable unit, a counter operating at any one of a rising edge and falling edge of the system clock pulse outputted from the clock enable unit, and a captured data storage unit responsive to the enable signal for receiving an output of the counter and storing a final count value or outputting it to the decoder.