REGULATOR CIRCUIT FOR TESTING INHERENT PERFORMANCE OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

• US 20090140713A1
• Filed: 12/02/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Company Limited (ROHM Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Company Limited (ROHM Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sugio, Kenichirou
• Application Number:
  US12/326,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20090140713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 323/299
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/31924 Voltage or current aspects, e.g. driver, receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/31926 Routing signals to or from the device under test [DUT], e.g. switch matrix, pin multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/31932 Comparators

Abstract

In testing the function of an integrated circuit which includes a power voltage regulator for smoothing a power voltage received on an input terminal so as to reach an adjustment target voltage level, and a voltage adjuster for adjusting the voltage level, the voltage adjuster being interconnected to a wiring which is to supply the power voltage of the adjustment target voltage level thus adjusted to internal logics produced by designing in advance for accomplishing a target function, the voltage adjuster is controlled to execute a function test with plural voltage levels, and, based on a result from the function test, the optimal voltage level is selected which is to be supplied to the internal logics. The inherent performance of the regulator circuit is measured without being affected by the parasitic resistances.

Claims

1. A regulator circuit comprising:

a power voltage regulator for regulating a variation caused by a power voltage applied to an input terminal so as to reach an adjustment target voltage level to output a regulated voltage level from an output terminal; and

a voltage adjuster for adjusting the voltage level outputted from the output terminal of said power voltage regulator.

2. The regulator circuit according to claim 1, wherein said voltage adjuster comprises;

a plurality of load resistances to which the voltage level after stabilized is applied; and

a plurality of switching devices that selectively combine said plurality of load resistances.

3. An integrated circuit comprising:

internal logics produced by designing in advance for accomplishing a target function; and

a regulator circuit which comprises;

a power voltage regulator for regulating a variation caused by a power voltage applied to an input terminal so as to reach an adjustment target voltage level to output a regulated voltage level from an output terminal to thereby feed said internal logics; and

a voltage adjuster interconnected between the output terminal of said power voltage regulator and said internal logics for adjusting the voltage level outputted from the output terminal.

4. The integrated circuit according to claim 3, wherein said voltage adjuster comprises:

a plurality of load resistances to which the voltage level after stabilized is applied; and

a plurality of switching devices that selectively combine said plurality of load resistances.