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20th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
Logic BIST and Scan Test Techniques for Multiple Identical Blocks
Monterey, California
April 28-May 02
ISBN: 0-7695-1570-3
Karim Arabi, PMC Sierra,Inc.
In multi-million gate devices, the number of required test patterns may be beyond the limits of current external automatic test equipment (ATE) capabilities. Besides, excessive number of production test vectors results in prohibitive test time that increases the test cost and decreases the production capacity. This paper introduces a new technique to test multiple identical blocks in parallel. The proposed technique can be used either in conjunction with ATE or as a stand-alone BIST technique to test multiple identical blocks on the same chip. The test time and the number of test patterns for testing multiple blocks is only a little bit higher than what is required for testing one block.
Citation:
Karim Arabi, "Logic BIST and Scan Test Techniques for Multiple Identical Blocks," vts, pp.0060, 20th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2002
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