• DocumentCode
    710357
  • Title

    Clock-domain-aware test for improving pattern compression

  • Author

    Kun-Han Tsai ; Rajski, Janusz

  • Author_Institution
    Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    27-29 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes an integration method between DFT and ATPG to improve the pattern compression by pulsing interactive clocks (PIC) simultaneously. The proposed algorithm can accurately mask the unreliable cross clock domain transitions for any clock skews. In addition, it identifies the required flops to be inserted hold paths, and combined with ATPG to reduce the pattern count by up to 39% without compromising the test quality.
  • Keywords
    integrated circuit design; integrated circuit testing; ATPG; DFT; IC design; PIC; clock skews; clock-domain-aware test; cross clock domain transitions; integration method; pattern compression improvement; pulsing interactive clocks; Automatic test pattern generation; Clocks; Discrete Fourier transforms; Hardware; Logic gates; Silicon; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Design, Automation and Test (VLSI-DAT), 2015 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Hsinchu
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSI-DAT.2015.7114506
  • Filename
    7114506