Summary
IEICE Information and Communication Technology Forum
2014
Session Number:ELECT1
Session:
Number:ELECT1-1
Test compression, logic BIST, or hybrid?
Grzegorz Mrugalski,
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Publication Date:2014-08-10
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Although the main objective of test will remain essentially the same - to ensure high quality low cost manufacturing test – the conditions and consequently also the solutions will undergo a significant evolution over the next couple of years. The key factors, that will have a big impact on how test will continue to evolve, will include: the semiconductor technology, design characteristics, and the design process. This talk will discuss what types of defects will have to be considered to provide the required test quality for the next technology nodes, including 3D, and what matching DFT methods will need to be deployed. Test compression was introduced a decade ago and it very quickly became the predominant DFT methodology. This talk will debate what will be the main DFT methodology for the next decade. Will it be compression, BIST, or a hybrid technology? What other advanced DFT techniques will be required? The designs are getting bigger and increasing often they are done by geographically distributed teams with a generous usage of IP cores, developed internally or acquired commercially. What is the expected impact of that on hierarchical DFT and pattern retargeting? The talk will discuss many of these challenges facing test but it will also highlight new opportunities for the research community.