• DocumentCode
    391860
  • Title

    Substrate coupling fault testing in system-on-a-chip digital circuits

  • Author

    Chan, Henry H Y ; Zilic, Zeljko

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    4-7 Aug. 2002
  • Abstract
    Modern System-on-a-Chip (SoC) systems are implemented using deep submicron technologies and operate at the GHz range. Logic faults caused by substrate coupling becomes a significant concern. Robust SoC designs must be able to predict and test substrate-coupling hazards in the fabricated circuits. In this paper, we devise an efficient testing strategy that identifies excessive substrate coupling. Faults are located based on drive strength and the coupling response from the substrate model.
  • Keywords
    VLSI; fault diagnosis; integrated circuit testing; logic testing; system-on-chip; coupling response; deep submicron technologies; drive strength; logic faults; substrate coupling fault testing; substrate-coupling hazards; system-on-a-chip digital circuits; testing strategy; Circuit faults; Circuit noise; Circuit testing; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Digital circuits; Fault diagnosis; Hazards; System testing; System-on-a-chip;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2002. MWSCAS-2002. The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7523-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2002.1187181
  • Filename
    1187181