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Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '99)
Design For Testability Method for CML Digital Circuits
Munich, Germany
March 09-March 12
ISBN: 0-7695-0078-1
Bernard Antaki, Ecole Polytechnique
Yvon Savaria, Ecole Polytechnique
Nanhan Xiong, Ecole Polytechnique
Saman M.I. Adham, Nortel Networks
This paper presents a new Design for Testability (DFT) technique for Current-Mode Logic (CML) circuits. This new technique, with little overhead, using built-in detectors, monitors all gate output swings and flags all abnormal voltage excursions. These detectors cover classes of faults that cannot be tested by stuck-at testing methods only. Circuit simulations have shown that abnormal gate output excursions caused by the presence of a defect are common with CML. We also show that this technique works well below "at-speed" frequencies. Finally, variants of the built-in detectors with reduced area overhead are proposed.
Citation:
Bernard Antaki, Yvon Savaria, Nanhan Xiong, Saman M.I. Adham, "Design For Testability Method for CML Digital Circuits," date, pp.360, Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '99), 1999
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