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International Test Conference 2004 (ITC'04)
A Design for Test Technique for Parametric Analysis of SRAM: On-Die Low Yield Analysis
Charlotte, NC, USA
October 26-October 28
ISBN: 0-7803-8581-0
Benjamin M. Mauck, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA
Vishnumohan Ravichandran, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA
Usman Azeez Mughal, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA
Parametric analysis of microprocessor SRAM through special design for test features (DFT) is used extensively by fault isolation and failure analysis engineers to find and characterize defects. Unfortunately, a growing amount of leakage on each new process is distorting these Low Yield Analysis (LYA) Testmode I-V curves, making it increasingly difficult to find and differentiate defects. The goal of this paper is to discuss the simulation and silicon results of a concept On-Die LYA (ODLYA) circuit implemented in a 65 nm CMOS process technology. ODLYA is used to curvetrace individual transistors within an SRAM cell and read out results in an automated fashion. Taking measurements on-die eliminates interconnect-dominated IR drop and leakage distortion from several levels of multiplexing. The proposed implementation enables non-destructive highspeed parametric analysis with less dependency on growing cache sizes, number of cores, and scaling process technologies.
Citation:
Benjamin M. Mauck, Vishnumohan Ravichandran, Usman Azeez Mughal, "A Design for Test Technique for Parametric Analysis of SRAM: On-Die Low Yield Analysis," itc, pp.105-113, International Test Conference 2004 (ITC'04), 2004
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