Panel: Analog/RF BIST: Are we there yet?

Abstract

BIST for analog and RF circuits has been proposed many years ago and we are still chasing it. One school of thought is to have generic BIST components for input stimulus generation and output analysis and to use them in a plug-and-play fashion. Another school of thought is to develop dedicated circuits for each functionality and re-use the same blocks for the same functionality. A third approach is designing completely circuit-specific BIST for each primary circuit. The truth is ad-hoc examples of BIST have been around for years. However, there is no standardized way of implementing or inserting BIST for analog and RF circuits. The panelists, all experts in this domain, will share their view of the best way of implementing BIST for analog and RF circuits, if there is such a thing…