Patent №
US 8,397,199
Granted
2013-03-12
Filed 2010
Owner
APPLE INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12762861
In an embodiment, an aging analysis tool may be configured to identify transistors that are expected to experience aging effects according to worst case stress vectors and/or designer identified worst case conditions. The aging analysis tool may modify a representation of the circuit (e.g. a netlist), replacing the identified transistors with aged transistors (e.g. by modifying parameters of the transistors in the netlist). The aging analysis tool may process the modified netlist over a range of conditions at which the circuit is expected to operate, to ensure that the design meets specifications after aging. The process may be repeated until the aged design meets specifications (with circuit modifications made by the designer to improve the design).
AI classification
Ownership
APPLE INC.
assignment · 242540868
Assignors
SONI, APURVI H., OLIVA, ANONIETTA, KLASS, EDGARD F., PAGE, MATTHEW J. T., BURNETTE II, JAMES E.
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