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20th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
Very Low Voltage Testing of SOI Integrated Circuits
Monterey, California
April 28-May 02
ISBN: 0-7695-1570-3
Eric MacDonald, IBM Microelectronics Division
Nur A. Touba, University of Texas at Austin
Very Low Voltage (VLV) testing has been proposed to increase flaw detection in bulk silicon CMOS integrated circuits and this paper explores these and additional advantages in the context of testing Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) integrated circuits. In the VLV regime, the history effect, which describes how delays through SOI circuits vary based on a circuit?s recent switching history, is amplified.This amplification improves the ability at test to monitor fabrication process shifts, which may lead to excessive delay variation under normal operating conditions. VLV test techniques can be used to identify parts that have been fabricated outside the specified process window. In addition, the use of VLV testing is investigated to detect defects that have been described in previous VLV papers, however now addressed in the context of SOI technology.
Citation:
Eric MacDonald, Nur A. Touba, "Very Low Voltage Testing of SOI Integrated Circuits," vts, pp.0025, 20th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2002
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