14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05) Choosing the Right Mix of At-speed Structural Test Patterns: Comparisons in Pattern Volume Reduction and Fault Detection Efficiency Calcutta, India December 18-December 21 ISBN: 0-7695-2481-8
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ATS.2005.36
The generation, qualification and validation of structural patterns for transition and path delay faults present several problems due to various design, tools and tester constraints. This paper proposes a flow for the generation and selection of a reduced set of structural patterns for at-speed testing, based on pattern reuse across different fault models, and based on metrics of minimum single detect and a qualified N-detect coverage. Patterns generated using ATPG and deterministic BIST techniques are considered for large representative SOC designs. It is shown that significant reduction of up to 35% in the pattern volume is achieved without compromising the test quality. These pattern selection techniques are being deployed in different designs in Texas Instruments (India).
Index Terms:
Delay fault test, delay fault simulation, test optimizations, N-detect coverage metrics.
Citation:
Sameer Goel, Rubin A. Parekhji, "Choosing the Right Mix of At-speed Structural Test Patterns: Comparisons in Pattern Volume Reduction and Fault Detection Efficiency," ats, pp.330-336, 14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05), 2005 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||