Rosa D. Reinosa, A. Allen, E. Benedetto, A. Mcallister
{"title":"Characterizing mechanical performance of Board Level Interconnects for In-Circuit Test","authors":"Rosa D. Reinosa, A. Allen, E. Benedetto, A. Mcallister","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699252","url":null,"abstract":"Lead Free boards are more susceptible to mechanical stress and therefore more prone to damage during manufacturing, assembly and field use. The IPC/JEDEC 9707(Spherical Bend Test Method for Characterization of Board Level Interconnects) was developed to characterize the mechanical performance of new lead free materials (i.e. laminates), board design features (i.e. pad design), and components (i.e. BGAs). This paper describes the application of the new IPC/JEDEC 9707 standard to qualify the mechanical performance of board interconnects for manufacturing and In-Circuit Test. The efforts of the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) Board Flexure Initiative Project team drove the development of this new IPC/JEDEC 9707standard.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129680029","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":"On generation of a universal path candidate set containing testable long paths","authors":"Zijian He, Tao Lv, Huawei Li, Xiaowei Li","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699308","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an efficient algorithm on generation of a universal path candidate set U that contains testable long paths for delay testing. Some strategies are presented to speed up the depth-first search procedure of U generation, targeting the reduction of checking times of sensitization criteria. Experimental results illustrate that our approach achieves an 8X speedup on average in comparison with the traditional depth-first search approach.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130931272","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":"Leveraging existing power control circuits and power delivery architecture for variability measurement","authors":"D. Acharyya, K. Agarwal, J. Plusquellic","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699268","url":null,"abstract":"Embedded test structures are increasingly being used to measure and analyze performance and power variations in product chips to better understand the impact of process variations. In this work, we propose a minimally-invasive, low-overhead technique for characterizing within-die and die-to-die leakage variation. The proposed technique leverages existing power control circuitry added by designers to reduce the power consumption of inactive functional units. We manipulate these ‘sleep islands’ to isolate and measure their leakage current contribution to the chip-wide leakage current. The measured set of sleep island leakage currents reflect the leakage current variation across the chip at a coarse level of resolution. In order to improve resolution, we propose a multiple power supply port (MSP) measurement technique to provide ‘within-island’ leakage current measurements. A calibration technique is described that corrects for differences between the sleep island and MSP approaches, effectively enabling the same information to be obtained using either technique. We demonstrate the techniques on a set of test chips fabricated in 65-nm SOI technology. The results show that leakage current variations across a small test structure array have both a locally random and globally deterministic component that can be accurately mapped using the sleep island or MSP approaches.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114965363","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}
Lyl M. Ciganda Brasca, P. Bernardi, M. Reorda, D. Barbieri, Maurizio Straiotto, L. Bonaria
{"title":"A tester architecture suitable for MEMS calibration and testing","authors":"Lyl M. Ciganda Brasca, P. Bernardi, M. Reorda, D. Barbieri, Maurizio Straiotto, L. Bonaria","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699298","url":null,"abstract":"This poster outlines the working principle and an implementation of a tester architecture supporting MEMS calibration and testing; the tester works adaptively, providing electrical stimuli at run-time according to the collected results.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128593476","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":"Clock Gate Test Points","authors":"Narendra Devta-Prasanna, A. Gunda","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699208","url":null,"abstract":"Clock gating is widely used in modern integrated circuits as a means of reducing dynamic power consumption. In this paper we present a comprehensive analysis of the impact of clock gating during test. We then propose a new type of test point called Clock Gate Test Points. Similar to classic test point techniques, clock gate test points help in increasing the test coverage as well as reducing the number of test patterns and thus test time. We also outline techniques for applying the proposed test points in a design. We present the results of coverage improvement and test pattern reduction with the proposed method for several large industrial circuits. Our results show that with the proposed method, in many cases, more than 2.0% improvement in transition delay fault coverage can be achieved and the number of test patterns can be reduced by more than 50% for the same fault coverage. Furthermore, the proposed test points add very little area overhead and do not impact the circuit performance.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121823569","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":"Autonomic approaches for enhancing communication QoS in dense Wireless Sensor Networks with real time requirements","authors":"A. R. Pinto, C. Montez","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699288","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) can be used to monitor hazardous and inaccessible areas. In these situations, the power supply (e.g. battery) in each node can not be easily replaced. One solution is to deploy a large number of sensor nodes, since the lifetime and dependability of the network can be increased through cooperation among nodes. In addition to energy consumption, applications for WSN may also have other concerns, such as, meeting deadlines and maximizing the quality of information. In this paper, two autonomic approaches for dense WSN are presented. The first approach is a Genetic Machine Learning algorithm aimed at applications that make use of trade-offs between different metrics. Simulations were performed on random topologies assuming different levels of faults. GMLA showed a significant improvement when compared with the use of IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. Moreover, an approach that autonomically provides QoS for dense WSN called VOA ( Variable Offset Algorithm) is presented. Experimental results had showed that VOA can significantly improve communication efficiency in dense WSN.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122206046","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}
S. Kannan, Bruce C. Kim, G. Srinivasan, F. Taenzler, Richard Antley, Craig Force, F. Mohammed
{"title":"RADPro: Automatic RF analyzer and diagnostic program generation tool","authors":"S. Kannan, Bruce C. Kim, G. Srinivasan, F. Taenzler, Richard Antley, Craig Force, F. Mohammed","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699233","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides development of an RF circuit software tool that generates diagnostic programs automatically for device interface boards. The diagnostic tool utilizes novel techniques to differentiate faulty RF circuits embedded in printed circuit boards. The diagnostic tool provides user-transparent pseudocodes with high fault coverage and significantly decreases time to market.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124848205","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":"On maximizing the compound yield for 3D Wafer-to-Wafer stacked ICs","authors":"M. Taouil, S. Hamdioui, J. Verbree, E. Marinissen","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699218","url":null,"abstract":"Three-Dimensional Stacked IC (3D-SIC) is an emerging technology that provides heterogeneous integration, higher performance, and lower power consumption compared to planar ICs. Fabricating these 3D-SICs using Wafer-to-Wafer (W2W) stacking has several advantages including: high throughput, thin wafer and small die handling, and high TSV density. However, W2W stacking suffers from low compound yield. This paper investigates various matching processes by using different wafer matching criteria in order to maximize the compound yield. It first establishes a framework covering different matching processes and wafer matching criteria for both replenished and non-replenished wafer repositories. Thereafter, a subset of the framework is analyzed. The simulation results show that the compound yield not only depends on the number of stacked dies, die yield, and repository size, but it also strongly depends on the used matching process and the wafer matching criteria. Moreover, by choosing an appropriate wafer matching scenario (e.g., wafer matching process, criterion etc.), the compound yield can be improved up to 13.4% relative to random W2W stacking.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130397595","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 novel approach to improve test coverage of BSR cells","authors":"Ankush Srivastava, A. Prajapati, V. Soni","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699295","url":null,"abstract":"In Today's competitive and rapidly changing electronics market, the speed and effectiveness of product testing have a significant impact on time-to-market. You need to make Design-For-Testability (DFT) an essential part of your design process, along with the need for a reliable method of knowing the test coverage and how to improve it. This paper describes the modified Boundary-Scan Register (BSR) Cell, described in IEEE 1149.1 Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture, to facilitate the detection of additional manufacturing defects in BSR Cell by adding a small test logic, which will become a part of original BSR Cell. The basic idea is to increase the stuck-at fault coverage of BSR cell by including the update-register (latched parallel output) Flip-Flop in BSR chain and once the update-register is being included in the chain; we can target more manufacturing defects to cover during BSR chain-test. This increases the fault-coverage of the BSR Pad Ring and will also help validation engineers to ease out their debugging efforts on board level with added quality to the delivered chips to customer. This BSR cell design modification can be extended to any of the BC type cell structure, compliant to IEEE Standard 1149.1 Boundary-Scan Architecture.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130126307","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}
Kun-Han Tsai, Yu Huang, Wu-Tung Cheng, Ting-Pu Tai, A. Kifli
{"title":"Test cycle power optimization for scan-based designs","authors":"Kun-Han Tsai, Yu Huang, Wu-Tung Cheng, Ting-Pu Tai, A. Kifli","doi":"10.1109/TEST.2010.5699213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEST.2010.5699213","url":null,"abstract":"Extraordinary power consumption during the scan test may inadvertently cause a functional good die to fail. This paper proposes a peak power reduction algorithm for the scan test which considers both the shift cycles and capture cycles simultaneously to limit the peak power of all test cycles during the test generation. In addition, the analysis also recommends the types of circuit structures that are more suitable to add test logic for maximum power reduction with the minimum test cost. The proposed methodology is highly efficient and can be applied to large industrial designs.","PeriodicalId":265156,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Test Conference","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126410459","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}