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Scannable virtual rail method and ring oscillator circuit for measuring variations in device characteristics
Scannable virtual rail method and ring oscillator circuit for measuring variations in device characteristics
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机译:可扫描的虚拟轨道方法和环形振荡器电路,用于测量器件特性的变化
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A scannable virtual rail method and ring oscillator circuit for measuring variations in device characteristics provides the ability to study random device characteristic variation as well as systematic differences between N-channel and P-channel devices using a ring oscillator frequency measurement. The ring oscillator is operated from at least one virtual power supply rail that is connected to the actual power supply rail by a plurality of transistors controlled by a programmable source. The transistors are physically distributed along the physical distribution of the ring oscillator elements and each can be enabled in turn and the variation in ring oscillator frequency measured. The ring oscillator frequency measurements yield information about the variation between the transistors and N-channel vs. P-channel variation can be studied by employing positive and negative virtual power supply rails with corresponding P-channel and N-channel control transistors.
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