Patents by Inventor Kent Bradley Erington

Kent Bradley Erington has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240047281
    Abstract: One example discloses a test-point access structure within a semiconductor, including: a target test-point configured to be coupled to a circuit within the semiconductor; a first doped region within the semiconductor configured to generate a first signal in response to an energy beam transmitted by a circuit editing (CE) tool; a second doped region within the semiconductor configured to generate a second signal in response to the energy beam transmitted by the CE tool; and a target pad coupling the target test-point to the first doped region; wherein the CE tool is configured to remove material from the semiconductor in response to the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kristofor Jason Dickson, Hubert Martin Bode, Swaminathan Subramanian, Kent Bradley Erington, Kurt Ulrich Neugebauer, William Franklin Johnstone
  • Patent number: 10782343
    Abstract: Digital testing is performed on an integrated circuit while radiation upsets are induced at locations of the integrated circuit. For each digital test, a determination is made as to whether there is a variation in the output of the digital test from an expected output of the digital test. If there is variation, a time of the variation is indicated. In one example, a location of a defect in the digital circuit can be determined from the times of the variations. In other embodiments, a mapping of the digital circuit can be made from the times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Bodoh, Kent Bradley Erington
  • Publication number: 20190317146
    Abstract: Digital testing is performed on an integrated circuit while radiation upsets are induced at locations of the integrated circuit. For each digital test, a determination is made as to whether there is a variation in the output of the digital test from an expected output of the digital test. If there is variation, a time of the variation is indicated. In one example, a location of a defect in the digital circuit can be determined from the times of the variations. In other embodiments, a mapping of the digital circuit can be made from the times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: DANIEL JOSEPH BODOH, Kent Bradley Erington