{"title":"Fault location algorithms for repairable embedded RAMs","authors":"R. Treuer, V. Agarwal","doi":"10.1109/MT.1993.263149","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The authors' research has led to: (1) the development of original rules for the conversion of single-bit march tests into multi-bit march tests; (2) the transformation of the new multi-bit march tests, using a 'serial shifting notation' which represents 'serial access' in embedded RAMs, into serial-access word-oriented march tests; and (3) the introduction of a new compact notation which extends the well-established march notation to include algorithms with two levels of FOR-loops (namely: the Galloping FOR-loop and the Hamming FOR-loop), since such algorithms are indispensible for locating coupling faults in cell arrays, and stuck-open faults in address decoders. Finally, a tabular summary (using both the 'hybrid serial/parallel' and the 'modular' data accessing modes) of fault location algorithms is given.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":248811,"journal":{"name":"Records of the 1993 IEEE International Workshop on Memory Testing","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Records of the 1993 IEEE International Workshop on Memory Testing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MT.1993.263149","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The authors' research has led to: (1) the development of original rules for the conversion of single-bit march tests into multi-bit march tests; (2) the transformation of the new multi-bit march tests, using a 'serial shifting notation' which represents 'serial access' in embedded RAMs, into serial-access word-oriented march tests; and (3) the introduction of a new compact notation which extends the well-established march notation to include algorithms with two levels of FOR-loops (namely: the Galloping FOR-loop and the Hamming FOR-loop), since such algorithms are indispensible for locating coupling faults in cell arrays, and stuck-open faults in address decoders. Finally, a tabular summary (using both the 'hybrid serial/parallel' and the 'modular' data accessing modes) of fault location algorithms is given.<>