BISTing Switched-Current Circuits

  • Authors:
  • M. Renovell;F. Azaïs;J-C. Bodin;Y. Bertrand

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ATS '98 Proceedings of the 7th Asian Test Symposium
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

In this paper, a BIST scheme is proposed that applies to any kind of SI building blocks constituted of an aggregate of identical memory cells. The fundamental idea is to reconfigure the building block into a cascade of memory cells so that the output current is equal in magnitude to the input current. Using a very simple circuitry, an error current can then easily be generated that permits to detect faults into the block.