A Seed-Selection Method to Increase Defect Coverage for LFSR-Reseeding-Based Test Compression

  • Authors:
  • Zhanglei Wang;Krishnendu Chakrabarty;Michael Bienek

  • Affiliations:
  • Duke University, USA;Duke University, USA;Advanced Micro Devices, USA

  • Venue:
  • ETS '07 Proceedings of the 12th IEEE European Test Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

LFSR reseeding forms the basis for many test compres- sion solutions. A seed can be computed for each test cube by solving a system of linear equations based on the feedback polynomial of the LFSR. Despite the availability of numerous LFSR-reseeding-based compression methods in the literature, relatively little is known about the effectiveness of these seeds for unmodeled defects. We use the recently proposed output deviation measure of the resulting patterns as a metric to select appropriate LFSR seeds. Experimental results are reported using test patterns for stuck-at faults derived from selected seeds. These patterns achieve higher coverage for stuck-open and transition faults than patterns obtained using other methods.