Title
Decreasing Test Qualification Time in AMS and RF Systems
Abstract
The test cost of heterogeneous ICs has significantly increased. So, the definition of relevant test methods and efficient test stimuli are becoming critical research orientations for semiconductor manufacturers. The authors of this article propose decreasing the manufacturing test cost of analog and mixed-signal (AMS) and RF SoCs by automatically qualifying and optimizing the existing test set. Their computer-aided test (CAT) tool, Plasma, uses fault injection and a fault simulation technique to perform test qualification and generation. This tool reduces both test time and test equipment cost using a high-level fault model. After discussing the advantages using behavioral fault models, the authors present a method that lets them decrease overall simulation time. This method reduces the number of simulated fault-free models, thanks to a normal estimation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/MDT.2008.7
IEEE Design & Test of Computers
Keywords
Field
DocType
existing test set,test qualification,relevant test method,efficient test stimulus,test time,test cost,rf systems,behavioral fault model,decreasing test qualification time,manufacturing test cost,test equipment cost,computer-aided test,soc,integrated circuit design,generation time,behavior modeling,fault model,behavioral modeling,system on chip
Automatic test pattern generation,System on a chip,Fault coverage,Computer science,Behavioral modeling,Electronic engineering,Test compression,Fault model,Fault injection,Test set
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
25
1
0740-7475
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.43
7
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yves Joannon121.16
Vincent Beroulle28621.86
Robach, C.320836.30
S. Tedjini43415.44
J. L. Carbonero5143.21