• DocumentCode
    1736488
  • Title

    Will Test Compression Run Out of Gas?

  • Author

    Bhatia, Sandeep

  • Author_Institution
    Cadence Design Syst., Inc., San Jose, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Test compression is one of the advancements in scan-based DFT/ATPG that can reduce the manufacturing test cost by significantly reducing both, the test application time and the required tester memory to store test data. It is quite typical to get a test compression ratio of 10-25X for most designs, and up to 100X or more for some of the designs and compression techniques. However, there are some practical and fundamental limits to how much compression can be achieved. To understand these limits, let us first look at how test compression works.
  • Keywords
    automatic test pattern generation; cost reduction; design for testability; manufacturing test cost reduction; scan-based ATPG; scan-based DFT; test compression; Automatic test pattern generation; Clocks; Costs; Design for testability; Logic design; Logic testing; Manufacturing; Pins; Sequential analysis; Test pattern generators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Test Conference, 2008. ITC 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Clara, CA
  • ISSN
    1089-3539
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2402-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1089-3539
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEST.2008.4700667
  • Filename
    4700667