Fourth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'95)
On the development of power supply voltage control testing technique for analogue circuits
Bangalore, India
November 23-November 24
ISBN: 0-8186-7129-7
A.K.B. A'ain, Microelectron. Res. Group, Lancaster Univ., UK
A.H. Bratt, Microelectron. Res. Group, Lancaster Univ., UK
A.P. Dorey, Microelectron. Res. Group, Lancaster Univ., UK
This paper discusses a novel testing technique for analogue circuits. The theory behind its success in exposing defects normally unexposed by other testing techniques is presented. This is supported by simulation results and real IC tests. Due to its modest requirement to perform the test, this testing scheme is more attractive and beneficial. Methods of data analysis are also proposed to expose hard and soft defects. The advantages of the proposed testing scheme are fast to implement, uses simple test vector and does not require additional test circuitry on-chip.
Index Terms:
fault diagnosis; power supply circuits; voltage control; integrated circuit testing; analogue integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; data analysis; operational amplifiers; power supply voltage control testing; analogue circuits; operational amplifier; simulation; IC tests; data analysis; hard defects; soft defects
Citation:
A.K.B. A'ain, A.H. Bratt, A.P. Dorey, "On the development of power supply voltage control testing technique for analogue circuits," ats, pp.133, Fourth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'95), 1995