Circuits for transistor testing
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a circuit for transistor testing, by which electrical stresses of separate conditions can be simultaneously applied to a plurality of transistors, respectively. According to one example, such a circuit may include a plurality of contact pads connectable to a plurality of terminals of a plurality of transistors, a plurality of first resistors connected to a plurality of gates of a plurality of the transistors, respectively by voltage distribution according to a resistance ratio, respectively, and a plurality of second resistors connected between a plurality of gate electrodes and drains of a plurality of the transistors, respectively wherein a plurality of voltages applied to a plurality of the gates of a plurality of the transistors are dropped by a plurality of the second resistors to be applied to a plurality of drains of a plurality of the transistors, respectively.
1. A circuit for testing a plurality of transistors including a first transistor and a second transistor, the circuit comprising:
a first resistor connected between a gate and a, drain of the first transistor, the first resistor dropping a first voltage applied to the gate of the first transistor to a second voltage applied to the drain of the first transistor,
a second resistor connected between a gate and a drain oldie second transistor, the second resistor dropping a third voltage applied to the gate of the second transistor to a fourth voltage applied to the drain of the second transistor, and
a third resistor connected between the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor, the first resistor dropping the first voltage to the third voltage.
2. A circuit as defined by claimed 1 , wherein the first resistor establishes a first voltage drop, the second resistor establishes a second voltage drop, and the first voltage drop is equal to the second voltage drop.
3. An integrated circuit including a test circuit for resting a plurality of transistors including a first transistor and a second transistor, the test circuit comprising:
a first resistor connected between a gate and a drain of the first transistor, the first resistor dropping the first voltage applied to the gate oldie first transistor to a second voltage applied to the drain of the first transistor;
a second resistor connected between a gate and a drain of the second transistor, the second resistor dropping the third voltage applied to the gate of the second transistor to a fourth voltage applied to the drain of the second transistor; and
a third resistor connected between the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor, the first resistor dropping the first voltage to the third voltage.
4. A circuit as defined by claimed 3 , wherein the first resistor establishes a first voltage drop, the second resistor establishes a second voltage drop, and the first voltage drop is equal to the second voltage drop.