摘要:
A Feedback Shift-Register (FSR) enabling improved testing, e.g., Built-In Self-Tests (BIST), is provided. Each cell of the FSR may either be an observable cell, associated with a non-trivial feedback function implemented by a combinational logic circuit, or a controllable cell, having an associated state variable which belongs to the dependence set of exactly one of the non-trivial feedback functions. Each controllable cell is provided with a multiplexer for selecting either a predecessor cell of the controllable cell or a test value as input. Thus, the sequential circuit of the FSR in an embodiment is tested using tests for combinational logic. The disclosed test procedures utilize a minimal set of test vectors and allow detection of all single stuck-at faults in the FSR. The resulting dynamic power dissipation during test can be considerably less than known BIST designs.
摘要:
Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of a so-called "X-press" test response compactor. Certain embodiments of the disclosed compactor comprise an overdrive section and scan chain selection logic. Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology offer compaction ratios on the order of 1000x. Exemplary embodiments of the disclosed compactor can maintain about the same coverage and about the same diagnostic resolution as that of conventional scan-based test scenarios. Some embodiments of a scan chain selection scheme can significantly reduce or entirely eliminate unknown states occurring in test responses that enter the compactor. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of on-chip comparator circuits and methods for generating control circuitry for masking selection circuits.
摘要:
An addressable interface selectively enables JTAG TAP domain operations or Trace domain operations within an IC. After being enabled, the TAP receives TMS and TDI input from a single data pin. After being enabled, the Trace domain acquires data from a functioning circuit within the IC in response to a first clock and outputs the acquired data from the IC in response to a second clock. An addressable two pin interface loads and updates instructions and data to a TAP domain within the IC. The instruction or data update operations in multiple ICs occur simultaneously. A process transmits data from an addressed target device to a controller using data frames, each data frame comprising a header bit and data bits. The logic level of the header bit is used to start, continue, and stop the data transmission to the controller. A data and clock signal interface between a controller and multiple target devices provides for each target device to be individually addressed and commanded to perform a JTAG or Trace operation. Trace circuitry within an IC can operate autonomously to store and output functional data occurring in the IC. The store and output operations of the trace circuitry are transparent to the functional operation of the IC. An auto-addressing RAM memory stores input data at an input address generated in response to an input clock, and outputs stored data from an output address generated in response to an output clock.
摘要:
A test and measurement instrument (90) includes acquisition circuitry (92) configured to acquire a plurality of data signals; a plurality of word recognizer elements (60,96), each word recognizer element configured to compare a corresponding one of the data signals (D,D 0 -D N-1 ) with a desired data bit and each word recognizer element having a delay less than or equal to about one gate delay; logic circuitry (98) to combine outputs of the word recognizer elements; and trigger circuitry (100) responsive to the logic circuit.
摘要:
A test and measurement instrument and a method of calibrating the test and measurement instrument including a reference signal generator (12); multiple input channels (14); and multiple input circuits (16). Each input channel is coupled to a corresponding input circuit; and one of the input circuits is coupled to the reference signal generator.
摘要:
A test and measurement instrument samples an input digital logic signal to produce logic samples, compresses the logic samples into compression codes, and stores the compression codes into acquisition memory. Compression includes parsing the logic samples into groups and assigning compression codes to those groups, and is performed so as not to lose information about the input digital logic signal's activity. The instrument converts the stored compression codes into a waveform image in display memory and displays the stored waveform image on a display device.
摘要:
A plurality of digital samplers operating on a common signal under test (SUT) sample the SUT at a sample rate beyond that which guarantees monotonic sampling and non-overlapping setup and hold windows for adjacent samplers. Subsequent processing of the sample streams restores monotonicity and sample independence to provide thereby a very high effective sample rate.
摘要:
The invention discloses a system comprising a host, a target and connection means therebetween. The host has means for providing a clock signal, first output means for outputting said clock signal to said target via said connection means and second output means for outputting data to said target via said connection means, said data being clocked out by said clock signal, said target having first input means for receiving said clock signal from said host, second input means for receiving said data from said host and first output means for outputting data to said host via said connection means. The host further comprises input means for receiving said data from said target, and oversampling means for oversampling the received data from the target and controlling the clocking in of said data received from said target in dependence on said oversampling.