Packaged semiconductor device with test circuits for determining fabrication parameters

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PATENT NO 4970454
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07494825

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A test circuit (40) fabricated in an integrated circuit and connected to an I/O pin (36) of the packaged device (32) for providing information indicative of substrate process parameters. The test circuit (40) comprises a test transistor (24) connected to a pin (36) of the packaged device (32), and an isolation circuit (52) responsive to a signal on an input test terminal (48) for activating the test transistor (24). The isolation circuit (52) is responsive to the absence of the test signal for isolating the test transistor (24) from the pin (36), and thus isolating it from other functional circuitry (54) of the integrated circuit which is also connected to the pin (36).

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDDALLAS TX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brodhead, William H Sugarland, TX 1 72
Stambaugh, Mark A Missouri City, TX 13 482

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