• DocumentCode
    301990
  • Title

    High speed IDDQ current sensors for VLSI system testing

  • Author

    Ramirez-Angulo, J. ; Gonzalez-Altamirano, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Klipch Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    12-15 May 1996
  • Firstpage
    389
  • Abstract
    A scheme for measuring IDDQ is presented. It is based on a current sensor which consists of a large W/L MOS transistor in parallel with a small W/L transistor. For IDDQ measurement the large transistor is turned off leaving only the small W/L transistor in the IDDQ´s current path. The potential of the proposed scheme for high resolution, high speed (>1 MHz) IDDQ measurements is discussed with the aid of transistor level computer simulations
  • Keywords
    VLSI; electric current measurement; electric sensing devices; integrated circuit testing; 1 MHz; IDDQ current sensor; MOS transistor; VLSI system testing; computer simulation; high resolution high speed measurement; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Clocks; Current measurement; Current supplies; Delay; MOSFETs; Sensor systems; System testing; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1996. ISCAS '96., Connecting the World., 1996 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3073-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.1996.539966
  • Filename
    539966