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26th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (vts 2008)
On the Detectability of Scan Chain Internal Faults ? An Industrial Case Study
April 27-May 01
ISBN: 0-7695-3123-7
Scan chains contain approximately 50% of the logic transistors in large industrial designs. Yet, faults in the scan cells are not directly targeted by scan tests and assumed detected by flush tests. Reported results of targeting the scan cell internal faults using checking sequences show such tests to be about 4.5 times longer than scan stuck-at test sets and require a sequential test generator, even for full scan circuits. We present the first step in developing an alternative test methodology for scan cell internal faults. Fault detection capability of existing tests (flush tests, stuck-at tests and transition delay fault tests) are quantified. Existing tests are shown to have similar coverage as checking sequences. A new flush test, viz. half-speed flush test, is defined. This new test is shown to add 2.3% and 8.8% to the stuck-at and stuck-on fault coverage, respectively.
Index Terms:
Faults in scan cells, stuck-at and stuck-on faults
Citation:
Fan Yang, Sreejit Chakravarty, Narendra Devta-Prasanna, Sudhakar M Reddy, Irith Pomeranz, "On the Detectability of Scan Chain Internal Faults ? An Industrial Case Study," vts, pp.79-84, 26th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (vts 2008), 2008
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