• DocumentCode
    2255704
  • Title

    Built-in-current-sensor for testing short and open faults in CMOS digital circuits

  • Author

    Ahmed, R.F. ; Radwan, A.G. ; Madian, A.H. ; Soliman, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fayoum Univ., Fayoum, Egypt
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-22 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    276
  • Lastpage
    279
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a novel built-in sensor (BIS) for digital CMOS circuit testing has been proposed. The proposed BIS has no voltage degradation and it is able to detect, identify and localize both open and short circuit faults. Moreover, it has a simple realization with very small area and detection time. A 4×4 multiplier cell is tested by the proposed BIS and all injected faults are detected.
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; built-in self test; fault diagnosis; integrated circuit testing; CMOS digital circuits; built-in sensor; built-in-current-sensor; digital CMOS circuit testing; fault testing; multiplier cell; open circuit faults; short circuit faults; voltage degradation; Adders; CMOS integrated circuits; Circuit faults; Integrated circuit modeling; MOS devices; Sensors; Testing; Built In Sensors; Digital system; catastrophic fault diagnosis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microelectronics (ICM), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cairo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-149-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICM.2010.5696137
  • Filename
    5696137