• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a new symbolic simulation for scan chain diagnosis to solve the diagnosis resolution problem. The proposed scan chain fault simulation, called the SF-simulation, is able to analyze the effects caused by faulty scan cells in good scan chains. A new scan chain fault simulation is performed with a modified logic ATPG pattern. In this simulation, we consider the effect of errors caused by scan shifting in the faulty scan chain. Therefore, for scan chain diagnosis, we use the faulty information in good scan chains which are not contaminated by the faults while unloading scan out responses. The SF-simulation can tighten the size of the candidate list and achieve a high diagnosis resolution by analyzing fault effects of good scan chains, which are ignored by most previous works. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1850-1851
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• 2007

To the Boundary Scan, this architecture in Scan testing of design under the control of boundary scan is used in boundary scan design to support the internal scan chain. The internal scan chain has single scan-in port and single scan-out port that multiple scan chain cannot be used. Internal scan design has multiple scan chains, those chains must be stitched to form a scan chain as this paper. We propose an efficient Boundary Scan test structure for multiple clock testing in design.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1840-1841
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• 2007

To the Boundary Scan, this architecture in Scan testing of design under the control of boundary scan is used in boundary scan design to support the internal scan chain. The internal scan chain has single scan-in port and single scan-out port that multiple scan chain cannot be used. Internal scan design has multiple scan chains, those chains must be stitched to form a scan chain as this paper. We propose an efficient Boundary Scan test structure for multiple clock testing in design.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.980-986
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• 2007

Boundary scan test structure(JTAG IEEE 1149.1 standard) that supports an internal scan chain is generally being used to test CUT(circuit under test). Since the internal scan chain can only have a single scan-in port and a single scan-out port; however, existing boundary test methods can not be used when multiple scan chains are present in CUT. Those chains must be stitched to form a single scan chain as shown in this paper. We propose an efficient boundary scan test structure that adds a circuit called Clock Group Register(CGR) for multiple clocks testing within the design of multiple scan chains. The proposed CGR has the function of grouping clocks. By adding CGR to a previously existing boundary scan design, the design is modified. This revised scan design overcomes the limitation of supporting a single scan-in port and out port, and it bolsters multiple scan-in ports and out ports. Through our experiments, the effectiveness of CGR is proved. With this, it is possible to test more complicated designs that have high density with a little effort. Furthermore, it will also benefit in designing those complicated circuits.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2008

The increasing size of very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits, high transistor density, and popularity of low-power circuit and system design are making the minimization of power dissipation an important issue in VLSI design. Test Power dissipation is exceedingly high in scan based environments wherein scan chain transitions during the shift of test data further reflect into significant levels of circuit switching unnecessarily. Scan chain or cell modification lead to reduced dissipations of power. The ETC algorithm of previous work has weak points. Taking all of this into account, we therefore propose a new algorithm. Its name is RE_ETC. The proposed modifications in the scan chain consist of Exclusive-OR gate insertion and scan cell reordering, leading to significant power reductions with absolutely no area or performance penalty whatsoever. Experimental results confirm the considerable reductions in scan chain transitions. We show that modified scan cell has the improvement of test efficiency and power dissipations.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2015

본 논문은 FPGA 내부의 경계 스캔 체인을 자가 테스트 회로로써 재활용하기 위한 FPGA 자가 테스트 회로 설계 기술을 소개한다. FPGA의 경계 스캔 체인은 테스트나 디버깅 기능뿐만 아니라 각 셀에 연결되어 있는 입출력 핀의 기능을 설정하기 위해서도 사용되기 때문에 일반적인 칩의 경계 스캔 셀보다 매우 크다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 FPGA 경계 스캔 셀의 구조를 분석하고 소수의 FPGA 로직과 함께 테스트 패턴 생성과 결과 분석이 가능하도록 설계한 BIST(built-in-self-test) 회로를 제시한다. FPGA의 경계 스캔 체인을 자가 테스트를 위하여 재사용함으로써 면적 오버헤드를 줄일 수 있고 보드상에서 프로세서를 사용한 온-라인(on-line) 테스트/모니터링도 가능하다. 실험을 통하여 오버헤드 증가량과 시뮬레이션 결과를 제시한다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.582-594
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• 2016

Various test data compression techniques have been developed to reduce the test costs of system-on-a-chips. In this paper, a scan chain reordering algorithm for code-based test data compression techniques is proposed. Scan cells within an acceptable relocation distance are ranked to reduce the number of conflicts in all test patterns and rearranged by a positioning algorithm to minimize the routing overhead. The proposed method is demonstrated on ISCAS '89 benchmark circuits with their physical layout by using a 180 nm CMOS process library. Significant improvements are observed in compression ratio and test power consumption with minor routing overhead.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2002

대규모 VLSI 시스템을 설계하는 경우 스캔 플립플롭(이하 셀)을 채택한 스캔 테스트 방법을 사용하여 IC 칩의 테스트를 용이하게 한다. 이러한 경우 스캔체인에서의 스캔 셀들의 연결 순서는 물리적 설계과정인 셀들의 배치가 완료된 후 결정하여도 무방하다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 사실을 이용하여 스캔 셀간의 연결선의 길이가 작도록 이들의 순서를 조정하는 방법을 제안한다. 특히 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법은 스캔 셀들이 클럭 도메인별로 그룹화되어 있을 경우 이들의 순서를 결정하기 위하여 새롭게 제시되는 방법으로 기존의 재구성 방법에 비하여 약 13.6%의 배선길이를 절약할 수 있다. 또한, 스캔 셀 순서에 대한 여러 다양한 제약에 대하여 효율적으로 셀들의 순서를 재구성할 수 있다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.30-37
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• 2006

본 논문은 테스트 수행 중 발생하는 전력 소모를 줄이기 위한 변경된 스캔 셀 구조를 제안하고 있다. 이는 스캔 이동 중에 조합 회로 부분에서 발생하는 천이를 억제할 뿐 아니라 동시에 스캔 체인 내에서 발생하는 천이도 감소시킨다. 뿐만 아니라 캡쳐 싸이클에서 발생하는 천이 또한 제한시킨다. 제안하는 방식은 test-per-scan BIST 구조에 적합하고 싱글 스캔 구조 뿐 아니라 멀티 스캔 구조에도 적응 가능하다. 실험 결과는 제안하는 방법이 기존의 방법들과 비슷한 수준의 고장 검출율을 가지면서 보다 적은 전력을 소모한다는 것을 보여준다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.458-461
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• 2005

Power dissipated during test application is substantially higher than power dissipated during functional operation which can decrease the reliability and lead to yield loss. This paper presents a new technique for power minimization during test application in full scan sequential circuits. This paper shows freezing of combinational logic parts during scan shift operation in test mode. The freezing technique leads to power to minimization. Significant power reduction in the scan techniques is achieved on ISCAS 89 benchmarks.