Approach to measuring strain effects using ring oscillators

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9970830
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15182450

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A ring oscillator system for characterizing substrate strain including, a substrate including a through-substrate-via, at least two ring oscillators, wherein a first ring oscillator is closer to the through-substrate-via than a second ring oscillator, and a logic difference circuit that is configured to receive an input from at least the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator, and detect a difference between the signal frequency of the first ring oscillator and the signal frequency of the second ring oscillator.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Kothandaraman, Chandrasekara New York, US 17 78
Rosenblatt, Sami White Plains, US 101 704
Sutton, Akil K Fishkill, US 5 27

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