• DocumentCode
    3116930
  • Title

    At-speed testing of ASICs

  • Author

    Gauthron, Christophe

  • Author_Institution
    VLSI Technol. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    15-17 April 1991
  • Firstpage
    249
  • Lastpage
    253
  • Abstract
    Testing ASICs ´at-speed´ attempts to improve the test quality by detecting delay-faults. In this paper a methodology to generate at-speed test vectors is described. It is based on the comparison of simulation traces obtained within different timing conditions. The methodology has been automated and successfully used.<>
  • Keywords
    application specific integrated circuits; automatic testing; digital integrated circuits; fault location; integrated circuit testing; integrated logic circuits; logic testing; ASICs; at-speed test vectors; delay-faults; testing; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Clocks; Fixtures; Microwave integrated circuits; Propagation delay; System testing; Timing; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Test Symposium, 1991. 'Chip-to-System Test Concerns for the 90's', Digest of Papers
  • Conference_Location
    Atlantic City, NJ, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTEST.1991.208166
  • Filename
    208166