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VTS
2002
IEEE
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Power Supply Transient Signal Analysis Under Real Process and Test Hardware Models
A device testing method called Transient Signal Analysis (TSA) is subjected to elements of a real process and testing environment in this paper. Simulations experiments are design...
Abhishek Singh, Jim Plusquellic, Anne E. Gattiker
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Test Power Reduction through Minimization of Scan Chain Transitions
Parallel test application helps reduce the otherwise considerable test times in SOCs; yet its applicability is limited by average and peak power considerations. The typical test v...
Ozgur Sinanoglu, Ismet Bayraktaroglu, Alex Orailog...
VTS
2002
IEEE
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LI-BIST: A Low-Cost Self-Test Scheme for SoC Logic Cores and Interconnects
For deep sub-micron system-on-chips (SoC), interconnects are critical determinants of performance, reliability and power. Buses and long interconnects being susceptible to crossta...
Krishna Sekar, Sujit Dey
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Controlling Peak Power During Scan Testing
This paper presents a procedure for modifying a given set of scan vectors so that the peak power during scan testing is kept below a specified limit without reducing fault coverag...
Ranganathan Sankaralingam, Nur A. Touba
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Testing High-Speed SoCs Using Low-Speed ATEs
We present a test methodology to allow testing high-speed circuits with low-speed ATEs. The basic strategy is adding an interface circuit to partially supply test data, coordinate...
Mehrdad Nourani, James Chin
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Self-Testing Second-Order Delta-Sigma Modulators Using Digital Stimulus
Single-bit second-order delta-sigma modulators are commonly used in high-resolution ADCs. Testing this type of modulator requires a high-resolution test stimulus, which is diffic...
Chee-Kian Ong, Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Very Low Voltage Testing of SOI Integrated Circuits
Very Low Voltage (VLV) testing has been proposed to increase flaw detection in bulk silicon CMOS integrated circuits and this paper explores these and additional advantages in the...
Eric MacDonald, Nur A. Touba
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Software-Based Weighted Random Testing for IP Cores in Bus-Based Programmable SoCs
We present a software-based weighted random pattern scheme for testing delay faults in IP cores of programmable SoCs. We describe a method for determining static and transition pr...
Madhu K. Iyer, Kwang-Ting Cheng
VTS
2002
IEEE
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On Using Rectangle Packing for SOC Wrapper/TAM Co-Optimization
The testing time for a system-on-chip (SOC) is determined to a large extent by the design of test wrappers and the test access mechanism (TAM). Wrapper/TAM co-optimization is ther...
Vikram Iyengar, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Erik Jan M...
VTS
2002
IEEE
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Speeding Up The Byzantine Fault Diagnosis Using Symbolic Simulation
Fault diagnosis is to predict the potential fault sites in a logic IC. In this paper, we particularly address the problem of diagnosing faults that exhibit the so-called Byzantine...
Shi-Yu Huang