{"title":"A Digital BIST Methodology for Spread Spectrum Clock Generators","authors":"Maohsuan Chou, Jen-Chien Hsu, C. Su","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.8","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a built-in-self-test methodology for spread-spectrum clock generators is presented. It utilizes a multi-phase phase detector to detect the linearity of the frequency variation and the short-term jitter. The methodology is analyzed and simulated. As an all digital design, the hardware overhead is very small","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134162639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dhiraj Goswami, Kun-Han Tsai, M. Kassab, Takeo Kobayashi, J. Rajski, B. Swanson, Darryl Walters, Yasuo Sato, Toshiharu Asaka, T. Aikyo
{"title":"At-Speed Testing with Timing Exceptions and Constraints-Case Studies","authors":"Dhiraj Goswami, Kun-Han Tsai, M. Kassab, Takeo Kobayashi, J. Rajski, B. Swanson, Darryl Walters, Yasuo Sato, Toshiharu Asaka, T. Aikyo","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.26","url":null,"abstract":"In order to generate correct at-speed scan patterns, the effect of timing exceptions and constraints needs to be considered during test generation. A path-oriented approach to handle timing exception paths during at-speed ATPG has been presented in (Vorisek et al., 2006). The new method has been applied to and tested on many example circuits at Semiconductor Technology Academic Research (STARC). This paper presents a sample of these test cases, and illustrates how the proposed method generates correct-by-construction at-speed patterns on these circuits without pessimism","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121153169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Lv, Ling-Yi Liu, Yang Zhao, Hua-wei Li, Xiao-wei Li
{"title":"An Observability Branch Coverage Metric Based on Dynamic Factored Use-Define Chains","authors":"Tao Lv, Ling-Yi Liu, Yang Zhao, Hua-wei Li, Xiao-wei Li","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.24","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we propose an observability branch coverage metric (OBCM) based on dynamic factored use-define chains, along with its evaluation method. This technique exploits the efficiency of data-flow analysis rather than methods like fault simulation. Hence it can be easily integrated into HDL compilers or simulators. Experimental results show that OBCM can provide more meaningful coverage data for functional verification than traditional branch coverage metric (BCM)","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132034056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design for Testability of Software-Based Self-Test for Processors","authors":"Masato Nakazato, S. Ohtake, M. Inoue, H. Fujiwara","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.38","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the authors propose a design for testability method for test programs of software-based self-test using test program templates. Software-based self-test using templates has a problem of error masking where some faults detected in a test generation for a module are not detected by the test program synthesized from the test. The proposed method achieves 100% template level fault efficiency in a sense that the proposed method completely resolves the problem of error masking. Moreover, the proposed method adds only observation points to the original design, and it enables at-speed testing and does not induce delay overhead","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127056876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Functional Fault Model with Implicit Fault Effect Propagation Requirements","authors":"I. Pomeranz, S. Patil, Praveen Parvathala","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.10","url":null,"abstract":"We define a functional fault model that does not include explicit fault effect propagation requirements. Test generation for this functional fault model is done considering only a fault free circuit. This simplifies the functional test generation process. We demonstrate through experimental results that functional test sequences generated based on this model are effective in providing very high gate-level stuck-at fault coverage","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116984520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Layout-Aware Scan Chain Reorder for Skewed-Load Transition Test Coverage","authors":"Sying-Jyan Wang, K. Peng, Katherine Shu-Min Li","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.57","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a layout-based scan chain ordering method to improve fault coverage for skewed-load delay test with minimum routing overhead. This approach provides many advantages over previous methods. (1) The proposed method can provide 100% test pair coverage for all detectable transition faults. (2) With layout information taken into account, the routing penalty is small, and thus the impact on circuit performance is not significant","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115208727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Histogram Based Testing Strategy for ADC","authors":"Hsin-Wen Ting, Bin-Da Liu, Soon-Jyh Chang","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.52","url":null,"abstract":"An improved histogram testing method for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is proposed. The proposed method reveals not only the static performance but also the dynamic ones, such as the effective number of bits (ENOB) with a sinusoidal input signal. Therefore, single histogram testing is performed rather than using both the histogram and spectral methods to reduce the total test cost. The proposed testing method was experimentally validated on a commercial 8-bit ADC to demonstrate it effectiveness. The experimental result indicated that the proposed histogram-based test method exhibits a good agreement to the measured results of the classical FFT-based method","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125522269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Application of IDD Spectrum Testing Method to the Fault Analysis","authors":"K. Sakaguchi","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.19","url":null,"abstract":"IDDQ information is very useful to localize faults in a LSI. But it is time consuming to discover test vectors which induce abnormal IDDQ. Since the IDD spectrum testing method can detect abnormal supply current easily, we can acquire the test vector information in a short time by the method. An application of the method is introduced and we show experimental results","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126516079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plug once, test everything","authors":"A. S. Yawelak, C. Viho","doi":"10.1109/ATS.2006.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ATS.2006.65","url":null,"abstract":"Configuration management presents several challenges to test suite execution in interoperability testing. Several nodes have to be rearranged from test to test in a reliable and efficient way. This work proposes a novel methodology based on the replacement of underlying networking technologies to transparently automate the process. The methodology is presented and initial results are exposed","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126920127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-Mode Segmented Scan Architecture with Layout-Aware Scan Chain Routing for Test Data and Test Time Reduction","authors":"Po-Chang Tsai, Sying-Jyan Wang","doi":"10.1049/iet-cdt:20070115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cdt:20070115","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents multi-mode segmented scan architecture. Three operation modes are supported: broadcast, multicast, and serial. Efficient test data compression can be achieved under this architecture with limited hardware overhead. An efficient two-way partitioning algorithm is given to construct multicast-mode configurations. Finally, we present a layout-aware scan chain routing for test compaction, which has not yet explored by the researchers. Experimental results show that most of the serial scan operations can be replaced by multicast operations, and thus achieve much better compression rate","PeriodicalId":242530,"journal":{"name":"2006 15th Asian Test Symposium","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125242187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}