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Title:
SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF SUPPLY VOLTAGE DROP
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004146612
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To measure the supply voltage drop by a simple method with high accuracy without appreciably increasing the chip size of an integrated circuit.

This integrated circuits includes oscillation circuits 4A to 4E which are arranged in prescribed positions of the integrated circuit 1 to measure the supply voltage drop, and in which oscillation frequencies f of output signals SOA to SOE change according to the drop of the supply voltage Vdd at a prescribed position in the operation time of the integrated circuit 1, and an output part (e.g., an I/O pad for measurement arranged at an I/O circuit part 3) which outputs an output signal of the oscillation circuit or a signal SO according to the output signal to the external to measure the supply voltage drop.


Inventors:
ODA SHUICHI
Application Number:
JP2002310172A
Publication Date:
May 20, 2004
Filing Date:
October 24, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SONY CORP
International Classes:
H01L21/822; H01L27/04; H03K3/03; G01R31/28; (IPC1-7): H01L21/822; G01R31/28; H01L27/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takahisa Sato