학술논문

Changing the scan enable during shift
Document Type
Conference
Source
22nd IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2004. Proceedings. VLSI test symposium VLSI Test Symposium, 2004. Proceedings. 22nd IEEE. :73-78 2004
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Circuit testing
Clocks
Flip-flops
Automatic test pattern generation
Dairy products
Design for testability
Pulse circuits
Fault detection
Reconfigurable logic
Hardware
Language
ISSN
1093-0167
Abstract
This paper extends the reconfigurable shared scan-in architecture (RSSA) to provide additional ability to change values on the scan configuration signals (scan enable signals) during the scan operation on a per-shift basis. We show that the extra flexibility of reconfiguring the scan chains every shift cycle reduces the number of different configurations required by RSSA while keeping test coverage the same. In addition a simpler analysis can be used to construct the scan chains. This is the first paper of its kind that treats the scan enable signal as a test data signal during the scan operation of a test pattern. Results are presented on some ISCAS as well as industrial circuits.