Bandwidth analysis for reusing functional interconnect as test access mechanism

A. van den Berg, P. Ren, E.J. Marinissen, G.N. Gaydadjiev, K.G.W. Goossens

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Test data travels through a System-on-Chip (SOC) from the chip pins to the module-under-test and vice versa via a Test Access Mechanism (TAM). Conventionally, a TAM is implemented with dedicated wires. However, also existing functional interconnect, such as a bus or Network-on-Chip (NOC), can be reused as TAM. This will reduce the overall design effort and the silicon area. For a given module, its test set, and maximal bandwidth that the functional interconnect can offer between ATE and module-under-test, our approach designs a test wrapper for the module-under-test such that the test length is minimized. Unfortunately, it is unavoidable that with the test data also unused (idle) bits are transported. This paper presents a TAM bandwidth utilization analysis and techniques for idle bits reduction, to minimize the test length. We classify the idle bits into four types which explain the reason for bandwidth under-utilization and pinpoint design improvement opportunities. Experimental results show an average bandwidth utilization of 80%, while the remaining 20% is consumed by the idle bits. © 2008 IEEE.
Originele taal-2Engels
Titel2008 13th European Test Symposium
Plaats van productiePiscataway
UitgeverijInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pagina's21-26
Aantal pagina's6
ISBN van geprinte versie978-0-7695-3150-2
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 2008
Evenement13th IEEE European Test Symposium (ETS 2008) - Verbania, Italië
Duur: 25 mei 200829 mei 2008

Congres

Congres13th IEEE European Test Symposium (ETS 2008)
Land/RegioItalië
StadVerbania
Periode25/05/0829/05/08

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