Name
Abstract | ||
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Path-delay faults represent a fault model that is commonly used to detect timing anomalies in a circuit. Unlike stuck-at faults which can be detected using ATE at lower speed, test for path-delay faults require ATEs that can run at the clock frequency of the circuit under-test. However, with ever-increasing circuit-speed and complexity, ATEs are unable to keep up with this growing trend. Moreover running deterministic tests for timing related defects on expensive ATEs for high-speed circuits consume enormous test application time. In this paper, we propose a BIST methodology for path-delay faults in sequential circuits. The proposed technique is based on an existing BIST architecture for stuck-at faults such that timing faults in a circuit can also be addressed with minimum additional effort. A new clocking scheme along with a novel technique for placing observation points that increases the fault coverage for path-delay faults is presented. Experimental results on some benchmark circuits show high path-delay fault coverage for sequential circuits |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
1998 | 10.1109/TEST.1998.743182 | Washington, DC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
VLSI,automatic test pattern generation,boundary scan testing,built-in self test,fault simulation,integrated circuit testing,logic testing,sequential circuits,timing,BIST scheme,clocking scheme,fault coverage,fault model,linear feedback shift register,observation points,path-delay faults detection,random test patterns generation,scan-based BIST,sequential circuits,stuck-at faults,timing anomalies,timing faults | Automatic test pattern generation,Sequential logic,Fault coverage,Computer science,Real-time computing,Electronic engineering,Electronic circuit,Very-large-scale integration,Fault model,Clock rate,Built-in self-test | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
1089-3539 | 0-7803-5093-6 | 6 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.59 | 14 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nilanjan Mukherjee | 1 | 801 | 57.26 |
| Tapan J. Chakraborty | 2 | 258 | 26.11 |
| Sudipta Bhawmik | 3 | 219 | 22.67 |