A powerful combinational path sensitization engine is required for the efficient implementation of tools for test pattern generation, timing analysis, and delay fault testing. Path...
The sensitivity of very deep submicron designs to supply voltage noise is increasing due to higher path delay variations and reduced noise margins with supply noise scaling. The s...
A delay-locked loop (DLL) based built-in self test (BIST) circuit has been designed with a 0.18 µ m TSMC process (CM018) to test chip I/O speeds, specifically, the setup and hold...
We present a new test response compression method called cumulative balance testing (CBT)that extends both balance testing and accumulatorcompression testing. CBT uses an accumulat...
This paper investigates retiming and clock skew scheduling for improving the tolerance of synchronous circuits to delay variations. It is shown that when both long and short paths...