Patent Document ID: 9739824
Application ID: 15155518
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for optimizing reliability of integrated circuits, the method comprising: a computer integrating a per-chip equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) circuit sensor into an integrated circuit, the computer utilizing the per-chip EOT circuit sensor to determine electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit; the computer determining physical attributes of the integrated circuit as a function of the determined electrical characteristics; the computer modeling a predicted integrated circuit failure rate using the determined physical attributes of the integrated circuit; the computer defines circuits, tests and pass/fail criteria required to meet qualification objectives of a technology and/or product, wherein the qualification objectives includes a plan comprising a list of required hardware along with defined tests that the hardware is to be subjected, and pass/fail criteria; and the computer accessing EOT sensor circuit data stored in a database and using the EOT sensor circuit data to calculate an oxide thickness value for subsequent reliability modeling of the integrated circuit.