Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of testing same
- Patent Title (中): 半导体集成电路及其测试方法
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Application No.: US11117299Application Date: 2005-04-29
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Publication No.: US07643365B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Tetsumasa Meguro , Yoshikazu Kurose
- Applicant: Tetsumasa Meguro , Yoshikazu Kurose
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC
- Priority: JP2004-141614 20040511
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14

Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit able to operate by different power supply voltages resulting from fluctuations in production, provided with a process monitor circuit for obtaining a grasp of a delay characteristic corresponding to the conditions of a production process, a memory circuit for storing data concerning an extent of process variation acquired by the process monitor circuit, and a power supply voltage control circuit for adaptively controlling the power supply voltage in accordance with the extent of process variation acquired by the process monitor circuit and stored in the memory circuit, and a test method for guaranteeing the operation of the semiconductor integrated circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050254325A1 Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of testing same Public/Granted day:2005-11-17
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