Title
DC built-in self-test for linear analog circuits
Abstract
DC testing of analog circuits is inexpensive compared to AC testing and provides high coverage of many fault classes including some that are not detected by AC tests. It is also particularly effective in detecting catastrophic failures such as line opens and shorts. In this article, we present an efficient low-cost built-in self-test (BIST) methodology for linear analog circuits that is targeted towards faults that can be detected with DC tests. The methodology is based on the use of checksum encodings of matrix representations of the DC transfer function of the circuit under test (CUT). A small amount of circuitry called the checking circuitry is appended to the CUT for the purpose of on-chip fault detection. In test mode, DC stimulus is applied to the CUT via low-cost on-chip BIST circuitry. The presence of a non-zero signal at the output of the checking circuit indicates the presence of a fault.
Year
DOI
Venue
1996
10.1109/54.500198
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
Keywords
Field
DocType
analogue integrated circuits,built-in self test,encoding,transfer functions,BIST,DC built-in self-test,DC transfer function,checksum encodings,fault classes,linear analog circuits,matrix representations
Checksum,Analogue electronics,Matrix (mathematics),Computer science,Electronic engineering,Transfer function,Encoding (memory),Built-in self-test
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
2
0740-7475
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
19
3.70
11
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Abhijit Chatterjee1193.70
Bruce C. Kim28921.11
Naveena Nagi3193.70