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Logic Built-in Self Test (LBIST) is Back – But Not for Manufacturing Test

Memory providers have long used built-in self test (BIST), a technology that builds self-testing circuitry directly into an IC. Logic BIST (LBIST), which tests the functional logic, has been around for a long time too -- but it did not get much traction except for some high-end CPU server and networking...

Posted to Industry Insights (Weblog) by rgoering on Thu, May 10 2012
Don’t Blow Up Your Chip on the Tester!

The photo at right shows a test socket and chip destroyed by thermal runaway. Can this really happen? Yes, it can and it sometimes does, if test power is significantly greater than functional power. To get a handle on this problem I talked to Bassilios Petrakis, product marketing director for Design...

Posted to Industry Insights (Weblog) by rgoering on Mon, Mar 26 2012
The Technology Behind Encounter 11.1 – Physical Aware Front End Design

In my last blog post I discussed new optimization and modeling technology in the Encounter 11.1 release, announced by Cadence March 5. While that blog post focused on physical IC ("back end") design, the new release also brings more "physical awareness" to front-end design, and that's...

Posted to Industry Insights (Weblog) by rgoering on Tue, Mar 6 2012
Design for Test (DFT) – New Challenges at Advanced Process Nodes

Design for test (DFT) doesn't get a lot of press these days, which is unfortunate, because the demands of DFT are dramatically increasing as designers move to smaller lithography nodes. New fault types, test compression, and faster automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) are becoming critical. To...

Posted to Industry Insights (Weblog) by rgoering on Thu, Sep 15 2011
How Imec and Cadence “Wrapped Up” 3D-IC Test

One of the most challenging aspects of 3D-IC development involves the testing of vertical die stacks with through-silicon vias (TSVs). You have to propagate test data up and down through the stack, verify the functioning of TSVs that are too small to probe, and isolate the individual dies you want to...

Posted to Industry Insights (Weblog) by rgoering on Mon, Aug 1 2011
EDA360: Enlightenment for Silicon Test

At a macro level EDA360 is about driving the semiconductor industry toward sustainable differentiation. It represents a Cadence mission to help its customers' customers achieve industry leadership and profitability through enabling technologies, methodologies, and services. Ultimately it is a charter...

Posted to Logic Design (Weblog) by Ed JM on Fri, May 21 2010
DFT Challenge: Evaluating The True Cost Of Test

Remember DFT? “Design For Test” faded into the background in recent years as the industry turned its focus to DFM, but if anything test is an even larger concern than it was 10 or 15 years ago. That’s because test is becoming more difficult and expensive at nanometer process nodes,...

Posted to Industry Insights (Weblog) by rgoering on Thu, Nov 5 2009
Diagnosis of Compressed Test Patterns: Several Things to Consider

Today, it is essential to put into place a strong methodology to identify sources of yield loss during manufacturing. One widely accepted method involves diagnosing a representative sample of device failures during manufacturing test. The failing results are aggregated, analyzed and a Pareto is created...

Posted to Manufacturability Signoff (Weblog) by Tom J on Tue, Oct 21 2008

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Logic Built-in Self Test (LBIST) is Back – But Not for Manufacturing Test

Don’t Blow Up Your Chip on the Tester!

The Technology Behind Encounter 11.1 – Physical Aware Front End Design

Design for Test (DFT) – New Challenges at Advanced Process Nodes

How Imec and Cadence “Wrapped Up” 3D-IC Test

EDA360: Enlightenment for Silicon Test

DFT Challenge: Evaluating The True Cost Of Test

Diagnosis of Compressed Test Patterns: Several Things to Consider