Title
A Functional Self-Test Approach for Peripheral Cores in Processor-Based SoCs
Abstract
Functional Software-Based Self-Testing (SBST) of mi-croprocessors and processor-based testing of Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) have recently attracted the attention of test technology research community because they provide an effective alternative to other traditional testing and self-testing approaches. SBST allows at-speed functional test-ing of SoC cores with virtually no circuit overhead and limited dependence on external testers. Despite the impor-tance of peripheral control cores in SoCs (in terms of functionality and size), the applicability and limits of SBST on them have not been comprehensively studied. In this paper, we study the effectiveness of SBST on a broad class of communication peripherals. A systematic applica-tion of SBST on two popular peripheral cores (UART and Ethernet) demonstrates the effectiveness of SBST on SoCs with such cores.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/IOLTS.2007.7
IOLTS
Keywords
Field
DocType
peripheral control core,circuit overhead,soc core,traditional testing,effective alternative,processor-based testing,peripheral cores,communication peripherals,functional self-test approach,broad class,external tester,popular peripheral core,processor-based socs,functional testing,degradation,informatics,system on chip,uart,observability,hardware,manufacturing,software testing,ethernet,system testing
Computer architecture,System on a chip,Computer science,Functional testing,Automatic testing,Real-time computing,Chip,Ethernet,Software,Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter,Self test,Embedded system
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1942-9398
0-7695-2918-6
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
14
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
A. Apostolakis130.42
M. Psarakis2928.13
D. Gizopoulos326921.51
A. Paschalis435831.08