Tester Memory Requirements and Test Application Time Reduction for Delay Faults with Digital Captureless Test Sensors
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- 作者：C. Thibeault (1) claude.thibeault@etsmtl.ca
Y. Hariri (1)
C. Hobeika (1) - 关键词：Delay testing – ; Test points – ; Test sensors – ; Scan ; based testing – ; Launch ; on ; shift – ; Launch ; on ; capture
- 刊名：Journal of Electronic Testing
- 出版时间：April 2012
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：18_09238174
- 类别：soc
- 卷：28
- 期：2
- 页码：229-242
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
In this paper, we present a technique called Digital Captureless Delay Testing Sensors (DCDTS). This technique allows the detection of delay faults left uncovered by launch-on-capture transitions due to excessive resources (mainly test time or tester memory) requirements, with top-off random launch-on-shift patterns that do not require fast switching scan enable signals. The DCDTS random patterns are internally generated, requiring virtually no additional test application time or tester memory. As such, DCDTS can be seen as a new way to save both test time and tester memory. Results show that DCDTS can achieve pattern volume and test time reduction factors of up to 3. When used in complement to existing compression techniques, DCDTS has the potential to triple their pattern volume (test application time) compression (reduction) rate. Area/performance overhead and technical obstacles to automation are minimal. An automated sensor selection procedure is proposed, with reasonable CPU time.