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Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Volume II (DATE'04)
Design of Sub-10-Picoseconds On-Chip Time Measurement Circuit
Paris, France
February 16-February 20
ISBN: 0-7695-2085-5
M.A. Abas, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
G. Russell, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
D.J. Kinniment, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
The rapid pace of change in IC technology, specifically in speed of operation, demands sophisticated design solutions for IC testing methodologies. Moreover, the current technology of System-on-chip (SOC) makes great demands for testing internal speed accurately as the limitation on accessing internal nodes using I/O pins becomes more difficult. This paper presents two highresolution time measurement schemes for digital BIST applications, namely: Two-Delay Interpolation Method (TDIM) and Time Amplifier. The two schemes are combined to produce a completely new design for BIST time measurement which offers two main advantages: a low range of timing measurement which has never been achieved before, and a small size of layout occupying 0.2 mm2 or equivalent to 3020 transistors. These two features are undoubtedly compatible with present high-speed SOC design architectures.
Citation:
M.A. Abas, G. Russell, D.J. Kinniment, "Design of Sub-10-Picoseconds On-Chip Time Measurement Circuit," date, vol. 2, pp.20804, Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Volume II (DATE'04), 2004
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