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US 2014/0234990 A1Published application
Methodology and Apparatus for Tuning Driving Current of Semiconductor Transistors
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKai D. Feng, J. Edwin Hostetter, JR., Ping-Chuan Wang, Zhijian Yang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for repairing transistors may include applying a first voltage to a source, a second voltage to the gate and a third voltage to the drain for a predetermined time. In this manner the transistor structure may be repaired or returned to operate at or near the original operating characteristics.
Claims13
1-4. (canceled)
A method for repairing a transistor comprising:
- applying a first voltage to a drain of a NFET for a first predetermined time;
- applying a second voltage to a gate of the NFET for the first predetermined time;
- and
- applying a third voltage to a source of the NFET for the first predetermined time, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the second voltage is greater than the third voltage.
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An apparatus for repairing a NFET comprising:
- a first switch adapted to connect a first voltage to a drain of the NFET;
- a second switch adapted to connect a second voltage to a gate of the NFET;
- and
- a third switch adapted to connect a third voltage to a source of the NFET, wherein the first, second and third switch are closed for a predetermined time and wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the second voltage is greater than the third voltage.
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A method for repairing a plurality of transistors comprising:
- applying a first voltage to drains of a plurality of NFET transistors for a first predetermined time;
- applying a second voltage to gates of the plurality of NFET transistors for the first predetermined time;
- and
- applying a third voltage to sources of the plurality of NFET transistors for the first predetermined time, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the second voltage is greater than the third voltage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.