摘要:
Scan forest can effectively compress test data volume, however, CPU time and memory consumption must be well-controlled to handle industrial designs. The present disclosure provides a method to establish a scan forest, which reduces memory consumption and CPU time significantly. A new low-power test application scheme is proposed, which does not need to increase the test application cost but can be of help to compress test data volume. Another new test application algorithm is proposed to reduce capture cycle power and shift cycle power by just doubling the test application time, which does not sacrifice the test data compression performance.
摘要:
A method for testing a chip comprising: receiving N scan-in chains of test data; using the N scan-in chains of test data to perform tests on the chip; receiving a merged expected test-result and masking-instruction signal on X pins of the chip from the off-chip test equipment, X being less than 2*N; decoding the merged expected test-result and masking-instruction signal to extract N decoded output signals, each of the N decoded output signals corresponding to a respective chain of test results.
摘要:
A method includes injecting scan patterns into an input of a decompressor that distributes the scan patterns to a plurality of scan chains whose outputs are coupled to inputs of a compressor, which provides a compressed scan test result representing the plurality of scan chains. The method also includes, in response to the compressed scan test result being indicative of failure, identifying a particular scan chain of the plurality of scan chains that is responsible for the failure by a debug circuit that is coupled to the input of the decompressor and to a compressor output. The debug circuit enables an output of any single scan chain of the plurality of scan chains to be available at the compressor output while suppressing outputs of all other scan chains of the plurality of scan chains.
摘要:
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
摘要:
Electronic devices (320) are provided which comprise a digital logic circuit (101) and a test module (322) adapted to receive test parameters from a remote test management device (310), generate test patterns based on the test parameters, apply the test patterns to the digital logic circuit, receive test responses from the digital logic circuit, compact the test responses into a test signature, and either transmit the test signature to the remote test management device or determine a test result based on a comparison of an expected signature received from the remote test management device with the test signature. Further provided are remote test management devices comprising means adapted to acquire test parameters suitable for generating test patterns for a digital logic circuit, acquire an expected signature corresponding to the test patterns, transmit the test parameters to at least one electronic device comprising the digital logic circuit, and either receive a test signature from the at least one electronic device and determine a test result based on a comparison of the expected signature with the test signature, or transmit the expected signature to the at least one electronic device.
摘要:
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
摘要:
Systems and methods efficiently bring additional variables into a Pseudo-Random Pattern Generator (“PRPG”) in the early cycles of an automatic test pattern generation (“ATPG”) process without utilizing any additional hardware or control pins. Overscanning (e.g., scanning longer than the length of the longest channel) for some additional cycles brings in enough variables into the PRPG. Data corresponding to earlier cycles of the ATPG process is removed.
摘要:
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
摘要:
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for inserting diagnostic circuit elements in a scan chain of a chip may include creating, via a processor, a segment for each latch of a plurality of latches in the scan chain to create a plurality of adjacent and connected segments, merging, via the processor, the two adjacent and connected segments to form a super-segment comprising all latches contained in the two adjacent and connected segments based on the objective function, and inserting, via the processor, a logic circuit element between the super-segment and a segment that is adjacent and connected to the super-segment in the scan chain, where the logic circuit element allows diagnostic isolation of the scan chain super-segment.
摘要:
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.