Analytical fault modeling and static test generation for analog ICs

  • Authors:
  • Giri Devarayanadurg;Mani Soma

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA;Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  • Venue:
  • ICCAD '94 Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

Static tests are key in reducing the current high cost of testing analog and mixed-signal ICs. A new DC test generation technique for detecting catastrophic failures in this class of circuits is presented. To include the effect of tolerance of parameters during testing, the test generation problem is formulated as a minimax optimization problem, and solved iteratively as successive linear programming problems. An analytical fault modeling technique, based on manufacturing defect statistics is used to derive the fault list for the test generation. Using the technique presented here an efficient static test set for analog and mixed-signal ICs can be constructed, reducing both the test time and the packaging cost.