Dynamic Test Compaction for Transition Faults in Broadside Scan Testing Based on an Influence Cone Measure

Author(s):  
Dong Xiang ◽  
Boxue Yin ◽  
Kwang-Ting Cheng
2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Eggersglüß ◽  
Rolf Drechsler

AbstractEach chip is subjected to a post-production test after fabrication. A set of test patterns is applied to filter out defective devices. The size of this test set is an important issue. Generally, large test sets increase the test costs. Therefore, test compaction techniques are applied to obtain a compact test set. The effectiveness of these technique is significantly influenced by fault ordering. This paper describes how information about hard-to-detect faults can be extracted from an untestable identification phase and be used to develop a fault ordering technique which is able to reduce the pattern counts of highly compacted test sets generated by a SAT-based dynamic test compaction approach.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Irith Pomeranz

A recent work showed that it is possible to transform a single-cycle test for stuck-at faults into a launch-on-shift (LOS) test that is guaranteed to detect the same stuck-at faults without any logic or fault simulation. The LOS test also detects transition faults. This was used for obtaining a compact LOS test set that detects both types of faults. In the scenario where LOS tests are used for both stuck-at and transition faults, this article observes that, under certain conditions, the detection of a stuck-at fault guarantees the detection of a corresponding transition fault. This implies that the two faults are equivalent under LOS tests. Equivalence can be used for reducing the set of target faults for test generation and test compaction. The article develops this notion of equivalence under LOS tests with equal primary input vectors and provides an efficient procedure for identifying it. It presents experimental results to demonstrate that such equivalences exist in benchmark circuits, and shows an unexpected effect on a test compaction procedure.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document