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11th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'02)
A High Performance IDDQ Testable Cache for Scaled CMOS Technologies
Guam, USA
November 18-November 20
ISBN: 0-7695-1825-7
Swarup Bhunia, Purdue University
Hai Li, Purdue University
Kaushik Roy, Purdue University
Quiescent supply current (IDDQ) testing is a useful test method for static CMOS RAM and can be combined with functional testing to reduce total test time and to increase reliability. However the sensitivity of IDDQ testing deteriorates significantly with technology scaling as intrinsic leakage of CMOS circuits increases. In this paper, we use a design technique for high-performance cache, which greatly improves leakage current and hence the IDDQ testability of the cache with technology scaling. We utilize the concept of Gated-Ground [1, 2] (NMOS transistor inserted between ground line and SRAM cell) to achieve reduction in leakage energy due to stacking effect of transistor without significantly affecting performance. Simulation results for a 64K cache shows 20% average improvement in IDDQ sensitivity for TSMC 0.25 μm technology, while the improvement is more than 1000% for 70nm predictive technology model [12].
Citation:
Swarup Bhunia, Hai Li, Kaushik Roy, "A High Performance IDDQ Testable Cache for Scaled CMOS Technologies," ats, pp.157, 11th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'02), 2002
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