It is very important to detect transition-delay faults and stuck-at faults in system on chip （SoC） under 90 nm processing technology, and the transition-delay faults can only be detected by using an at-speed testing...It is very important to detect transition-delay faults and stuck-at faults in system on chip （SoC） under 90 nm processing technology, and the transition-delay faults can only be detected by using an at-speed testing method. In this paper, an on-chip clock （OCC） controller with a bypass function based on an internal phase-locked loop is designed to test faults in SoC. Furthermore, a clock chain logic which can eliminate the metastable state is realized to generate an enable signal for the OCC controller, and then, the test pattern is generated by automatic test pattern generation （ATPG） tools. Next, the scan test pattern is simulated by using the Synopsys tool and the correctness of the design is verified. The result shows that the design of an at-speed scan test in this paper is highly efficient for detecting timing-related defects. Finally, the 89.29% transition-delay fault coverage and the 94.50% stuck-at fault coverage are achieved, and it is successfully applied to an integrated circuit design.展开更多
At-speed testing using external tester requires an expensive equipment, thus built-in self-test (BIST) is an alternative technique due to its ability to perform on-chip at-speed self-testing. The main issue in BIST f...At-speed testing using external tester requires an expensive equipment, thus built-in self-test (BIST) is an alternative technique due to its ability to perform on-chip at-speed self-testing. The main issue in BIST for at-speed testing is to obtain high delay fault coverage with a low hardware overhead. This paper presents an improved loop-based BIST scheme, in which a configurable MISR (multiple-input signature register) is used to generate test-pair sequences. The structure and operation modes of the BIST scheme are described. The topological properties of the state-transit ion- graph of t he proposed B IS T scheme are analyzed. B ased on it, an approach to design and efficiently implement the proposed BIST scheme is developed. Experimental results on academic benchmark circuits are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed BIST scheme as well as the design approach.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Key Project Science and Technology Cooperation of Fujian Province,China(No.2013I0003)
文摘It is very important to detect transition-delay faults and stuck-at faults in system on chip （SoC） under 90 nm processing technology, and the transition-delay faults can only be detected by using an at-speed testing method. In this paper, an on-chip clock （OCC） controller with a bypass function based on an internal phase-locked loop is designed to test faults in SoC. Furthermore, a clock chain logic which can eliminate the metastable state is realized to generate an enable signal for the OCC controller, and then, the test pattern is generated by automatic test pattern generation （ATPG） tools. Next, the scan test pattern is simulated by using the Synopsys tool and the correctness of the design is verified. The result shows that the design of an at-speed scan test in this paper is highly efficient for detecting timing-related defects. Finally, the 89.29% transition-delay fault coverage and the 94.50% stuck-at fault coverage are achieved, and it is successfully applied to an integrated circuit design.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant Nos.69976002and 69733010.
文摘At-speed testing using external tester requires an expensive equipment, thus built-in self-test (BIST) is an alternative technique due to its ability to perform on-chip at-speed self-testing. The main issue in BIST for at-speed testing is to obtain high delay fault coverage with a low hardware overhead. This paper presents an improved loop-based BIST scheme, in which a configurable MISR (multiple-input signature register) is used to generate test-pair sequences. The structure and operation modes of the BIST scheme are described. The topological properties of the state-transit ion- graph of t he proposed B IS T scheme are analyzed. B ased on it, an approach to design and efficiently implement the proposed BIST scheme is developed. Experimental results on academic benchmark circuits are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed BIST scheme as well as the design approach.
