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Aging diagnostic device, aging diagnostic method

US8674774B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 1, 2010
Grant dateMar 18, 2014
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/2884
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided an aging diagnostic device including: a reference ring oscillator (101) that constitutes a ring oscillator using an odd-numbered plurality of logic gates constituted using a CMOS circuit; a test ring oscillator (102) that constitutes a ring oscillator using an odd-numbered plurality of logic gates having the same configuration as that of the logic gate; a load unit (104) that inputs a load signal to the test ring oscillator (102); a control unit (105) that simultaneously inputs a control signal instructing a start of oscillation of the reference ring oscillator (101) and the test ring oscillator (102) to the reference ring oscillator (101) and the test ring oscillator (102); and a comparison unit (103) that compares differences in the amount of movement of pulses within the reference ring oscillator (101) and the test ring oscillator (102), respectively, in the same time.

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