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14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05)
Achieving High Test Quality with Reduced Pin Count Testing
Calcutta, India
December 18-December 21
ISBN: 0-7695-2481-8
Jay Jahangiri, Mentor Graphics Corporation,Wilsonville, OR
Nilanjan Mukherjee, Mentor Graphics Corporation,Wilsonville, OR
Wu-Tung Cheng, Mentor Graphics Corporation,Wilsonville, OR
Subramanian Mahadevan, Mentor Graphics Corporation,Wilsonville, OR
Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Corporation,Wilsonville, OR
Reduced pin count testing (RPCT) has proven to be an effective solution to reduce structural test costs in a manufacturing environment. Traditionally, RPCT has focused on stuck-at faults and IO loop-back tests. However, as circuit feature sizes shrink and new technology nodes employed, at-speed tests are becoming critical to assure low defect levels. In this paper, we extend the RPCT technique to allow application of atspeed test patterns using low cost testers that are seriously pin limited. Existing boundary scan cells are modified to facilitate the application of at-speed patterns thereby having minimal impact on the design and test area overhead.
Citation:
Jay Jahangiri, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Wu-Tung Cheng, Subramanian Mahadevan, Ron Press, "Achieving High Test Quality with Reduced Pin Count Testing," ats, pp.312-317, 14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05), 2005
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