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6th IEEE International On-Line Testing Workshop (IOLTW)
On Using Deterministic Test Sets in BIST
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
July 03-July 05
ISBN: 0-7695-0646-1
Ondrej Novak, Technical University Liberec
Jiri Nosek, Technical University Liberec
The test pattern generators (TPG) in BIST usually generate pseudorandom patterns and after the pseudorandom testing phase additional deterministic test vectors, which can be compressed by the means of the same TPG, detect the random resistant faults. Another possibility is to optimize the TPG structure so that the generated test set contains all the necessary deterministic test vectors, which detect hard-to-test faults. The vectors are obtained by the means of TPG output modifications. This approach is not acceptable for large circuits because of additional delay caused by the output combinational logic. We have proposed a TPG that has a very simple structure and in which the patterns covering the random resistant faults are generated by the TPG without any output modifying logic. XORing the pre-computed modifying bits with one of the TPG internal flip-flop input controls the TPG sequence. Finding the modifying bits is done by an own algorithm, which optimizes the fault coverage gain, which is obtained by each of the generated test vectors. Several experiments were done with the ISCAS 85 and 89 benchmark circuits. The storage capacity needed for storing the modifying bits of the exercised circuits is low while the test application time is short.
Citation:
Ondrej Novak, Jiri Nosek, "On Using Deterministic Test Sets in BIST," ioltw, pp.127, 6th IEEE International On-Line Testing Workshop (IOLTW), 2000
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