Extending Fault-Based Testing to Microelectromechanical Systems

  • Authors:
  • S. Mir;B. Charlot;B. Courtois

  • Affiliations:
  • TIMA Laboratory, 46 Av. Félix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble, France. salvador.mir@imag.fr;TIMA Laboratory, 46 Av. Félix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble, France. benoit.charlot@imag.fr;TIMA Laboratory, 46 Av. Félix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble, France. bernard.courtois@imag.fr

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications - special issue on the European test workshop 1999
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

As stable fabrication processes forMicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) emerge, research efforts shifttowards the design of systems of increasing complexity. The ways inwhich testing is going to be performed for large volume complexdevices embedding MEMS are not known. As in the microelectronicsindustry, the development of cost-effective tests for larger systemsmay well require test stimuli targeting actual faults, developingfault lists and fault models for realistic manufacturing defects andfailure modes, and using fault simulation as a major approach forassessing testability and dependability. In this paper, we illustratehow fault-based testing can be extended to MEMS, both for bulk andsurface micromachining technologies, making possible the reuse ofanalog testing techniques.