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Method for making a semiconductor device including threshold voltage measurement circuitry

US10191105B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2017
Grant dateJan 29, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45368
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming active circuitry on a substrate including differential transistor pairs, and forming threshold voltage test circuitry on the substrate. The threshold voltage test circuitry may include a pair of differential test transistors replicating the differential transistor pairs within the active circuitry, with each test transistor having a respective input and output, and at least one gain stage configured to amplify a difference between the outputs of the differential test transistors for measuring a threshold voltage thereof. The differential transistor pairs and the pair of differential test transistors each includes spaced apart source and drain regions, a channel region extending between the source and drain regions, and a gate overlying the channel region. Moreover, each of the channel regions may include a superlattice.

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