Smart Substrate MCMs

  • Authors:
  • Anne E. Gattiker;Wojciech Maly

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail: gattiker@ece.cmu.edu, maly@ece.cmu.edu;Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail: gattiker@ece.cmu.edu, maly@ece.cmu.edu

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications - Special issue on multi-chip testing and design for testability
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

This paper presents a cost-based assessment of the effectiveness of Smart Substrate MCM Systems. A Smart Substrate MCM System is one in which the substrate contains active circuitry for carrying out testing functions. The feasibility of using this approach is investigated. The Smart Substrate strategy is compared to an alternative approach based on the assumption that system components are perfect (“Known Good Die (KGD)” approach). The obtained results identify the domain of applicability of Smart substrate MCMs and point to limitations of the KGD approach.