14th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS '96) A diagnosability metric for parametric path delay faults Princeton, NJ April 28-May 01 ISBN: 0-8186-7304-4
Published research on delay fault testing has largely focused on generating a minimal set of test vector pairs to detect as many delay faults in a circuit as possible. Little regard has been paid to the diagnosability of delay faults in the quest for generating tests which can simultaneously detect a delay fault on many paths, one loses the ability to determine which paths caused a chip failure. In an earlier work [1996] we presented a framework to detect which paths are likely to have caused a chip failure for a set of delay fault tests, and to find the associated likely fabrication process parameter variations. Here, we quantify the diagnosability of a path delay fault for a test, and develop a methodology based on the diagnosis framework presented earlier to determine the diagnosability of each path delay fault detected by a given test set. Furthermore, we apply this approach to find the diagnosability of robust path delay faults for the ISCAS'89 benchmark circuits.
Index Terms:
delays; fault diagnosis; logic testing; integrated circuit testing; failure analysis; VLSI; timing; diagnosability metric; parametric path delay faults; delay fault testing; test vector pairs; chip failure; fabrication process parameter variations; diagnosability; diagnosis framework; test set; ISCAS'89 benchmark circuits
Citation:
M. Sivaraman, A.J. Strojwas, "A diagnosability metric for parametric path delay faults," vts, pp.316, 14th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS '96), 1996 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||