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Granted Patent B2
US 10,276,257 · App. 15/612,003 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Semiconductor device and system relating to the reduction of test time in a ring oscillator burn-in test

Inventor: Min Sik Han (Icheon-si, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C29/12G01R31/2851G11C5/14G11C29/06G11C29/12005G11C5/147H03K3/0315
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Patent No.
US 10,276,257
App. No.
15/612,003
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a first oscillation signal generation circuit for generating a first oscillation signal. The semiconductor device may include a second oscillation signal generation circuit for generating a second oscillation signal. The second oscillation signal generation circuit may be provided with a test voltage. The test voltage may be generated based on a burn-in test signal.

Claims (26)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a test voltage having a ground voltage level in a burn-in test;

a first oscillation signal generation circuit configured to include a plurality of first inverters each having a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, receive power-supply voltage through a first source terminal of the first PMOS transistor, and generate a first oscillation signal based on a first oscillation enable signal;

a second oscillation signal generation circuit configured to include a plurality of inverters each having a second PMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor, receive the test voltage having a ground voltage level during the burn-in test through a second source terminal of the second PMOS transistor, and generate a second oscillation signal having a ground voltage level during the burn-in test based on a second oscillation enable signal; and

a degradation detection circuit configured to generate an oscillation count signal based on the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal,

wherein the degradation detection circuit includes:

a counter configured to generate the oscillation count signal having a plurality of bits by counting a combination signal of the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal,

wherein the first oscillation enable signal and the second oscillation enable signal are disabled during the burn-in test.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first oscillation signal generation circuit is configured to output a first oscillation signal being oscillated based on the first oscillation enable signal being enabled.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first oscillation signal generation circuit is configured to output a first oscillation signal having a fixed level based on the first oscillation enable signal being disabled.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

when a burn-in test signal is enabled, an odd inverter and an even inverter from among a plurality of inverters of the first oscillation signal generation circuit have opposite levels.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

when a burn-in test signal is enabled, the first oscillation signal generation circuit generates a first oscillation signal being oscillated.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the first oscillation enable signal is enabled, the degradation detection circuit is configured to generate the oscillation count signal by counting the first oscillation signal for a predetermined period of time.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when the second oscillation enable signal is enabled, the degradation detection circuit is configured to generate the oscillation count signal by counting the second oscillation signal for a predetermined period of time.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the degradation detection circuit further includes:

an output circuit configured to serialize the oscillation count signal, and output the serialized oscillation count signal.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the output circuit is configured to output the oscillation count signal based on an oscillation output signal.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the output circuit is configured to output the oscillation count signal through a data (DQ) terminal.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the number of inverters contained in the first oscillation signal generation circuit is identical to the number of inverters contained in the second oscillation signal generation circuit.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a burn-in test signal is enabled, degradation of the second oscillation signal generation circuit is less than degradation of the first oscillation signal generation circuit.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first oscillation signal is either fixed to a specific level or oscillating based on the first oscillation enable signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2017
From: HAN, MIN SIK
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 042572/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0168812 · Dec 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180166146A1 · Jun 14, 2018
Cited By (1)
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