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11th IEEE International On-Line Testing Symposium
Dynamic Fault Test and Diagnosis in Digital Systems Using Multiple Clock Schemes and Multi-VDD Test
Saint Raphael, French Riviera, France
July 06-July 08
ISBN: 0-7695-2406-0
M. Rodriguez-Irago, IST/INESC-ID Lisboa and University of Vigo
J. J. Rodriguez Andina, University of Vigo
F. Vargas, PUCRS
M. B. Santos, IST/INESC-ID Lisboa
I. C. Teixeira, IST/INESC-ID Lisboa
J. P. Teixeira, IST/INESC-ID Lisboa
Performance test is a powerful technique to identify difficult to detect defects. Recently, the authors have shown that multi-V_DD test schemes may be used in a BIST environment to simulate multi-clock test. Using circuit and logic-level fault simulation it has been demonstrated that the effect of lowering V_DD on the propagation delay time (while keeping invariant the observation pace - at-speed test), is similar to the effect of decreasing the clock period, t_CLK (while keeping nominal V_DD). In this paper, a simple analytical model to represent the dependence of propagation delay time variations of logic elements, Δt_pd, on depleted V_DD (i.e., on ΔV_DD) is introduced. The model allows to back-annotate this dependence to logic-level fault simulation. As clock period decreases (or V_DD decreases) failing vectors inducing errors are identified. Performance histograms, describing the dependence of the number of failing vectors on higher clock speed (or lower V_DD) are used for delay fault detection and defect diagnosis, Basic infrastructures, ISCAS benchmarks and a combinational block of an industrial fleet management system, XTRAN, are used to demonstrate the results.
Citation:
M. Rodriguez-Irago, J. J. Rodriguez Andina, F. Vargas, M. B. Santos, I. C. Teixeira, J. P. Teixeira, "Dynamic Fault Test and Diagnosis in Digital Systems Using Multiple Clock Schemes and Multi-VDD Test," iolts, pp.281-286, 11th IEEE International On-Line Testing Symposium, 2005
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