Title :
Design of a random testing circuit based on LFSR for the External Memory Interface
Author :
Chen, Jiajia ; Li, Zhaolin ; Zheng, Qingwei ; Ye, Jianfei ; Wei, Chipin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In the design of a SOC system, random test is gradually becoming an application for IP cores verification. This paper proposes a new random testing circuit based on LFSR to test the integrated EMIF IP core with restricted random verification methods. With the pseudo-random numbers generated by LFSR which works as a pseudo-random number generator, the testing circuit converts the numbers into test vectors which meet the AHB protocol. The test results indicate this circuit achieves random testing of the EMIF IP core.
Keywords :
integrated circuit testing; random number generation; system-on-chip; AHB protocol; IP cores verification; LFSR; SOC system design; external memory interface; integrated EMIF IP core; pseudorandom number generator; random testing circuit; restricted random verification methods; Computers; Generators; IP networks; Protocols; System-on-a-chip; Testing; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5797-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2010.5667326