Functional Scan Chain Testing

Functional scan chains are scan chains that have scan paths through a circuit's functional logic and flip-flops. Establishing functional scan paths by test point insertion (TPI) has been shown to be an effective technique to reduce the scan overhead. However once the scan chain is allowed to go through functional logic, the traditional alternating test sequence is no longer enough to ensure the correctness of the scan chain. We identify the faults that affect the functional scan chain, and show a methodology to find tests for these faults. Our results have the number of undetected faults at only 0.006% of the total number of faults, or 0.022% of the faults affecting the scan chain.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: DATE
• Authors: Douglas Chang, Kwang-Ting Cheng, Malgorzata Marek-Sadowska, Mike Tien-Chien Lee
• Keywords: DATE 1998, Functional Scan, Functional Scan Chain, Hardware, Scan Chain