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International Test Conference 2003 (ITC'03)
Structural Delay Testing of Latch-based High-speed Pipelines with Time Borrowing
Charlotte, NC, USA
September 30-October 02
ISBN: 0-7803-8107-6
Kun Young Chung, University of Southern California
Sandeep K. Gupta, University of Southern California
High-speed circuits use latch-based pipelines in some of their most delay-critical parts. The use of latches not only allows attainment of high clock rate but also enables attainment of high yield at desired clock rate by permitting unintentional time borrowing.
In this paper, we first demonstrate that none of the existing design-for-testability (DFT) techniques can be used to simplify delay testing of such circuits. We then demonstrate that this leads to very high test generation and test application times. In many circuits, very low path delay fault coverage is obtained. We then propose a systematic test approach and associated DFT that significantly reduces the test generation and test application costs, and, for many circuits, significantly increases path delay fault coverage.
Citation:
Kun Young Chung, Sandeep K. Gupta, "Structural Delay Testing of Latch-based High-speed Pipelines with Time Borrowing," itc, pp.1089, International Test Conference 2003 (ITC'03), 2003
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