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A simple DFT(Design For Test) Evaluation Methodology is introduced in this paper DFT technique is necessary in today's ASIC design. It offers the only way to detect fault in ASICs with millions or billions of gates after manufactured. Problems arose when ASICs with a number of build-in memory blocks is designed. The work done by DFT in this situation tighten the timing budget and make the whole design fail to meet the specification. In our video decoder chip design, we encountered this problem. We adopted three plan according to different DFT plan: the first one, scan chain insertion, control logic concerning memory, test points and memory BIST are applied. The second one, scan chain insertion and memory BIST are applied. The third one, only memory BIST is applied. The whole chip design flow need time and effort. Therefore a simple DFT evaluation methodology called Timing Decision (TD) is introduced. Different DFT plans are evaluated by TD with the successful realization of the chip's design specification. According to the TD 's requirement, the three DFT plans were implemented partly through the whole design flow and compared on functionality, chip area, timing and design complexity. Results show that DFT should be partly adopted in specific situation like multi built-in memory ASIC design, and TD can save engineer's effort with a precise estimation on DFT plan adoption.
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2005: 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TEST AND MEASUREMENT, VOLS 1-9, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Year: 2005
Page: 5495-5498
Language: English
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