An Integrated Approach to Testing Embedded Cores and Interconnects Using Test Access Mechanism (TAM) Switch

  • Authors:
  • Subhayu Basu;Indranil Sengupta;Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury;Sudipta Bhawmik

  • Affiliations:
  • Princeton University, NJ, USA;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India;Agere Systems, Holmdel, NJ, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The present paper introduces a new strategy for testing embedded cores using Test Access Mechanism (TAM) switches. An algorithm has been proposed for testing the cores using the TAM switch architecture. In addition, a scheme for testing the interconnections between cores in parallel is also presented. Experiments have been carried out on several synthetic SOC benchmarks. Results show significant optimization of area overhead as well as test time.