18th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS'00)
At-Speed Testing of Delay Faults for Motorola's MPC7400, a PowerPC(tm) Microprocessor
Montreal, Canada
April 30-May 04
ISBN: 0-7695-0613-5
In this paper we present the novel built-in delay fault test concepts incorporated into Motorola's MPC7400 PowerPC microprocessor that allow us to use a slow speed tester to do at-speed, scan based, delay fault testing. A novel feature of the design is the programmable clock control circuit for issuing a given number of at-speed clocks for the delay test, once the test is initiated. Using transition and path delay fault test patterns, we have tested several MPC7400 chips at speed exceeding 540 MHz using tester speed of 63 MHz or lower.
Index Terms:
delay testing, at-speed testing, microprocessor testing
Citation:
Nandu Tendolkar, Robert Molyneaux, Carol Pyron, Rajesh Raina, Inc. Motorola, "At-Speed Testing of Delay Faults for Motorola's MPC7400, a PowerPC(tm) Microprocessor," vts, pp.3, 18th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS'00), 2000