Electrostatic discharge measuring device
US11054451B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02H1/0007
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge measuring device includes an integrated circuit including a collector, a discharge pad and an ESD detector circuit coupled to the collector and discharge pad. The ESD detector circuit includes a device that detects occurrence and magnitude of an electrostatic discharge between the collector and the discharge pad. In one embodiment, the device is a metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor. In another embodiment, the device is a thin film storage bitcell. In one embodiment, the electrostatic discharge measuring device is contained in a test microelectronic package. A method includes running the test microelectronic package through a manufacturing process to determine location during manufacturing at which an electrostatic discharge occurs when an externally-similar production microelectronic packages is run through the same manufacturing process.
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