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  • A Study of Capture-Safe Test Generation Flow for At-Speed Testing

    Kohei MIYASE  Xiaoqing WEN  Seiji KAJIHARA  Yuta YAMATO  Atsushi TAKASHIMA  Hiroshi FURUKAWA  Kenji NODA  Hideaki ITO  Kazumi HATAYAMA  Takashi AIKYO  Kewal K. SALUJA  

     
    PAPER-VLSI Design Technology and CAD

      Vol:
    E93-A No:7
      Page(s):
    1309-1318

    Capture-safety, (defined as the avoidance of timing error due to unduly high launch switching activity in capture mode during at-speed scan testing), is critical in avoiding test induced yield loss. Although several sophisticated techniques are available for reducing capture IR-drop, there are few complete capture-safe test generation flows. This paper addresses the problem by proposing a novel and practical capture-safe test generation flow, featuring (1) a complete capture-safe test generation flow; (2) reliable capture-safety checking; and (3) effective capture-safety improvement by combining X-bit identification & X-filling with low launch-switching-activity test generation. The proposed flow minimizes test data inflation and is compatible with existing automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) flow. The techniques proposed in the flow achieve capture-safety without changing the circuit-under-test or the clocking scheme.