Concurrent off-phase built-in self-test of dormant logic

  • Authors:
  • Leon J. Sigal;Charles R. Kime

  • Affiliations:
  • Hewlett-Packard Company, Fort Collins, CO;Electrical and Computer Eneineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  • Venue:
  • ITC'88 Proceedings of the 1988 international conference on Test: new frontiers in testing
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

Concurrent off-phase built-in self-test permits the operation of built-in self-test hardware designed for off-line testing concurrently with normal system operation. It takes advantage of the logic dormancy characteristic of designs which use two phase clocking. This method provides on-line detection for permanent faults and can be used in conjunction with a time redundant concurrent test methods to detect transient and intermittent as well as permanent faults. Also, the method provides guaranteed self-test for self-checking circuits. Concurrent off-phase BIST requires duplication of storage elements but otherwise makes use of BIST hardware employed for nonconcurrent, off-line testing. Also, there may be an associated time penalty which, for an example CMOS technology with a symmetric phase clock period of 50 ns, is estimated to be an 11.6% increase in the clock period.