Application of Saluja-Karpovsky Compactors to Test Responses with Many Unknowns

  • Authors:
  • Janak H. Patel;Steven S. Lumetta;Sudhakar M. Reddy

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • VTS '03 Proceedings of the 21st IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of compacting test responsesin the presence of unknowns at the input of thecompactor by exploiting the capabilities of well-known errordetection and correction codes. The technique, calledi-Compact, uses Saluja-Karpovsky Space Compactors, butpermits detection and location of errors in the presence ofunknown logic (X) values with help from the ATE. The advantagesof i-Compact are: 1. Small number of output pinsfrom the compactors for a required error detection capability;2. Small tester memory for storing expected responses;3. Flexibility of choosing several different combinations ofnumber of X values and number of bit errors for error detectionwithout altering the hardware compactor; 4. Samehardware capable of identifying the line that produced anerror in presence of unknowns; 5. Use of non-proprietarycodes found in the literature of 1950s; and 6. Independentof the circuit and the test generator.