Title :
Low-power technique of scan-based design for test
Author :
Xu, Lei ; Sun, Yihe ; Chen, Hongyi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
fDate :
11/9/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Details of an advanced scan tree structure for test power reduction, and the novel approach of rate of bit propagation which is used to estimate power consumption, are presented. Test power consumptions for advanced scan tree and traditional scan chains are compared
Keywords :
boundary scan testing; design for testability; digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit testing; logic testing; low-power electronics; advanced scan tree structure; bit propagation rate; low-power technique; power consumption estimation; scan chains; scan-based DFT; scan-based design for test; test power reduction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001373