Hawkins et al., 1989 - Google Patents
Quiescent power supply current measurement for CMOS IC defect detectionHawkins et al., 1989
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- Hawkins C
- Soden J
- Fritzemeier R
- Horning L
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- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
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Quiescent power supply current (I/sub DDQ/) measurement is a very effective technique for detecting in CMOS integrated circuits (ICs). This technique uniquely detects certain CMOS IC defects such as gate oxide shorts, defective pn junctions, and parasitic transistor leakage …
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