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10th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'01)
Automatic Generation of Memory Built-in Self-Test Cores for System-on-Chip
Kyoto, Japan
November 19-November 21
ISBN: 0-7695-1378-6
Kuo-Liang Cheng, National Tsing Hua University
Chia-Ming Hsueh, National Tsing Hua University
Jing-Reng Huang, National Tsing Hua University
Jen-Chieh Yeh, National Tsing Hua University
Chih-Tsun Huang, National Tsing Hua University
Cheng-Wen Wu, National Tsing Hua University
Memory testing is becoming the dominant factor in testing a system-on-chip (SOC), with the rapid growth of the size and density of embedded memories. To minimize the test effort, we present an automatic generation framework of memory built-in self-test (BIST) cores for SOC designs. The BIST generation framework is a much improved one of our previous work. Test integration of heterogeneous memory architectures and clusters of memories are focused. The automatic test grouping and scheduling optimize the overhead in test time, performance, power consumption, etc. Furthermore, with our novel BIST architecture, the BIST cores can be accessed via an on-chip bus interface (e.g. AMBA), which eases the control of testing and diagnosis in a typical SOC scenario. With a configurable and extensible architecture, the proposed framework facilitates easy memory test integration for core providers as well as system integrators.
Citation:
Kuo-Liang Cheng, Chia-Ming Hsueh, Jing-Reng Huang, Jen-Chieh Yeh, Chih-Tsun Huang, Cheng-Wen Wu, "Automatic Generation of Memory Built-in Self-Test Cores for System-on-Chip," ats, pp.91, 10th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'01), 2001
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