Warranty monitoring and enforcement for integrated circuit and related design structure

US8452566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kenneth J. Goodnow · South Burlington, US
• Suzanne Granato · South Burlington, US
• Eze Kamanu · South Burlington, US
• Todd E. Leonard · Williston, US
• Ramnath Ravindran · Burlington, US
• Kyle E. Schneider · Middlebury, US
• Peter A. Twombly · Shelburne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2008
• Grant date: May 28, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/18
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) including a warranty and enforcement system, and a related design structure and HDL design structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC includes a parameter obtainer for obtaining a value of a parameter of the IC; a warranty data storage system for storing warranty limit data regarding the IC; a comparator for determining whether a warranty limit has been exceeded by comparing the value of the parameter to a corresponding warranty limit; and an action taker for taking a prescribed action in response to the warranty limit being exceeded.