• DocumentCode
    3301805
  • Title

    CMOS differential and absolute thermal sensors

  • Author

    Syal, Ashish ; Lee, Victor ; Andre, I. ; Altet, Josep

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. & Electr. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    127
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    This paper treats the test of CMOS digital ICs by using the thermal mapping of the silicon surface as a test observable. Two different temperature-sensing strategies are presented. The novel sensors developed are an on-chip CMOS Differential Temperature (DT) sensor and a Proportional to Absolute Temperature (PTAT) sensor. The sensors are small, robust, effective, and operate without affecting the circuit performance. The sensors have been implemented in a standard .18 μm CMOS technology
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit testing; temperature sensors; 0.18 micron; CMOS digital IC testing; Si; differential temperature sensor; proportional to absolute temperature sensor; silicon surface; thermal mapping; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Integrated circuit testing; Semiconductor device measurement; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermal sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    On-Line Testing Workshop, 2001. Proceedings. Seventh International
  • Conference_Location
    Taormina
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-1290-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OLT.2001.937832
  • Filename
    937832