公开(公告)号：US08543950B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-24

申请号：US13490721

申请日：2012-06-07

申请人： Laung-Terng (L.-T.) Wang ,  Augusli Kifli ,  Fei-Sheng Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Hsin-Po Wang

发明人： Laung-Terng (L.-T.) Wang ,  Augusli Kifli ,  Fei-Sheng Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Hsin-Po Wang

IPC分类号： G06F17/50 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G01R31/28

CPC分类号： G06F17/505 ,  G01R31/31704 ,  G01R31/318314 ,  G01R31/318364 ,  G01R31/318583 ,  G01R31/318594 ,  G06F17/5022 ,  G06F17/5027 ,  G06F17/5045 ,  G06F2217/14

摘要： A method and system to automate scan synthesis at register-transfer level (RTL). The method and system will produce scan HDL code modeled at RTL for an integrated circuit modeled at RTL. The method and system comprise computer-implemented steps of performing RTL testability analysis, clock-domain minimization, scan selection, test point selection, scan repair and test point insertion, scan replacement and scan stitching, scan extraction, interactive scan debug, interactive scan repair, and flush/random test bench generation. In addition, the present invention further comprises a method and system for hierarchical scan synthesis by performing scan synthesis module-by-module and then stitching these scanned modules together at top-level. The present invention further comprises integrating and verifying the scan HDL code with other design-for-test (DFT) HDL code, including boundary-scan and logic BIST (built-in self-test).

公开(公告)号：US07945830B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-17

申请号：US12776075

申请日：2010-05-07

申请人： Laung-Terng (L.-T.) Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen

发明人： Laung-Terng (L.-T.) Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen

IPC分类号： G01R31/28

CPC分类号： G06F11/27 ,  G01R31/318586 ,  G01R31/318594

摘要： A method and apparatus for testing or diagnosing faults in a scan-based integrated circuit using a unified self-test and scan-test technique. The method and apparatus comprises using a unified test controller to ease prototype debug and production test. The unified test controller further comprises using a capture clock generator and a plurality of domain clock generators each embedded in a clock domain to perform self-test or scan-test. The capture clocks generated by the capture clock generator are used to guide at-speed or reduced-speed self-test (or scan-test) within each clock domain. The frequency of these capture clocks can be totally unrelated to those of system clocks controlling the clock domains. This unified approach allows designers to test or diagnose stuck-type and non-stuck-type faults with a low-cost DFT (design-for-test) tester or a low-cost DFT debugger. A computer-aided design (CAD) method is further developed to realize the method and synthesize the apparatus.

摘要翻译： 一种用于使用统一的自检和扫描测试技术来测试或诊断基于扫描的集成电路中的故障的方法和装置。 该方法和装置包括使用统一的测试控制器来简化原型调试和生产测试。 统一的测试控制器还包括使用捕获时钟发生器和每个嵌入在时钟域中的多个域时钟发生器来执行自检或扫描测试。 由捕获时钟发生器产生的捕获时钟用于引导每个时钟域内的速度或速度自检（或扫描测试）。 这些捕获时钟的频率与控制时钟域的系统时钟的频率完全无关。 这种统一的方法允许设计人员使用低成本DFT（设计测试）测试仪或低成本DFT调试器来测试或诊断卡住型和非卡住型故障。 进一步开发了计算机辅助设计（CAD）方法，实现了该方法并综合了该装置。

公开(公告)号：US07904773B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-08

申请号：US12285269

申请日：2008-10-01

申请人： Laung-Terng (L. T.) Wang ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Chi-Chan Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Fei-Sheng Hsu

发明人： Laung-Terng (L. T.) Wang ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Chi-Chan Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Fei-Sheng Hsu

IPC分类号： G01R31/28

CPC分类号： G01R31/318594 ,  G01R31/31704 ,  G01R31/318552 ,  G01R31/31858

摘要： A method and apparatus for providing ordered capture clocks to detect or locate faults within N clock domains and faults crossing any two clock domains in a scan-based integrated circuit or circuit assembly in self-test or scan-test mode, where N>1 and each domain has a plurality of scan cells. The method and apparatus will apply an ordered sequence of capture clocks to all scan cells within N clock domains where one or more capture clocks must contain one or more shift clock pulses during the capture operation. A computer-aided design (CAD) method is further developed to realize the method and synthesize the apparatus. In order to further improve the circuit's fault coverage, a CAD method and apparatus are further developed to minimize the memory usage and generate scan patterns for full-scan and feed-forward partial-scan designs containing transparent storage cells, asynchronous set/reset signals, tri-state busses, and low-power gated clocks.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提供有序捕获时钟以检测或定位N个时钟域内的故障的方法和装置，以及在自检或扫描测试模式中跨过基于扫描的集成电路或电路组件中的任何两个时钟域的故障，其中N≥1和 每个域具有多个扫描单元。 该方法和装置将对N个时钟域内的所有扫描单元应用有序序列的捕获时钟，其中一个或多个捕获时钟在捕获操作期间必须包含一个或多个移位时钟脉冲。 进一步开发了计算机辅助设计（CAD）方法，实现了该方法并综合了该装置。 为了进一步改善电路的故障覆盖范围，进一步开发了一种CAD方法和装置，以最小化存储器使用并产生包含透明存储单元，异步设置/复位信号的全扫描和前馈部分扫描设计的扫描模式， 三态总线和低功率门控时钟。

公开(公告)号：US20100218062A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-26

申请号：US12776075

申请日：2010-05-07

申请人： Laung-Terng (L.-T.) WANG ,  Xiaoqing Wen

发明人： Laung-Terng (L.-T.) WANG ,  Xiaoqing Wen

IPC分类号： G01R31/3177 ,  G06F11/25

CPC分类号： G06F11/27 ,  G01R31/318586 ,  G01R31/318594

摘要： A method and apparatus for testing or diagnosing faults in a scan-based integrated circuit using a unified self-test and scan-test technique. The method and apparatus comprises using a unified test controller to ease prototype debug and production test. The unified test controller further comprises using a capture clock generator and a plurality of domain clock generators each embedded in a clock domain to perform self-test or scan-test. The capture clocks generated by the capture clock generator are used to guide at-speed or reduced-speed self-test (or scan-test) within each clock domain. The frequency of these capture clocks can be totally unrelated to those of system clocks controlling the clock domains. This unified approach allows designers to test or diagnose stuck-type and non-stuck-type faults with a low-cost DFT (design-for-test) tester or a low-cost DFT debugger. A computer-aided design (CAD) method is further developed to realize the method and synthesize the apparatus.

摘要翻译： 一种用于使用统一的自检和扫描测试技术来测试或诊断基于扫描的集成电路中的故障的方法和装置。 该方法和装置包括使用统一的测试控制器来简化原型调试和生产测试。 统一的测试控制器还包括使用捕获时钟发生器和每个嵌入在时钟域中的多个域时钟发生器来执行自检或扫描测试。 由捕获时钟发生器产生的捕获时钟用于引导每个时钟域内的速度或速度自检（或扫描测试）。 这些捕获时钟的频率与控制时钟域的系统时钟的频率完全无关。 这种统一的方法允许设计人员使用低成本DFT（设计测试）测试仪或低成本DFT调试器来测试或诊断卡住型和非卡住型故障。 进一步开发了计算机辅助设计（CAD）方法，实现了该方法并综合了该装置。

公开(公告)号：US20100095179A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-15

申请号：US12597106

申请日：2009-04-11

申请人： Xiaoqing Wen ,  Kohei Miyase ,  Seiji Kajihara

发明人： Xiaoqing Wen ,  Kohei Miyase ,  Seiji Kajihara

IPC分类号： G01R31/3177 ,  G06F11/25

CPC分类号： G01R31/318307 ,  G01R31/31813 ,  G01R31/318371

摘要： A test pattern generation method for determining if a combinational portion 17 is defective, by applying test patterns to a semiconductor integrated circuit 10 and comparing responses to the test patterns with expected responses, the method including: a first step of generating test patterns having logic bits for detecting defects and unspecified bits; a second step of selecting critical paths 19, 19a, 19b generated by the application of the test patterns; a third step of identifying critical gates on the critical paths 19, 19a, 19b; and a fourth step of determining unspecified bits so that a critical capture transition metric, which indicates the number of the critical gates whose states are changed, is reduced; wherein by reducing the critical capture transition metric, output delays from the critical paths 19, 19a, 19b are prevented, and thereby false testing can be avoided.

摘要翻译： 一种测试图形生成方法，用于通过将测试图案应用于半导体集成电路10并且将测试图案的响应与期望的响应进行比较来确定组合部分17是否有缺陷，该方法包括：产生具有逻辑位的测试图案的第一步骤 用于检测缺陷和未指定位; 选择通过应用测试图形生成的关键路径19,19a，19b的第二步骤; 在关键路径19,19a，19b上识别关键闸门的第三步骤; 以及确定未指定位的第四步骤，使得指示其状态改变的关键门的数量的关键捕获转换度量被减小; 其中通过减小关键捕获转移度量，防止从关键路径19,19a，19b的输出延迟，从而可以避免错误测试。

公开(公告)号：US07552373B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-23

申请号：US10339667

申请日：2003-01-10

申请人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Ta-Chia Yeh ,  Sen-Wei Tsai ,  Khader S. Abdel-Hafez

发明人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Ta-Chia Yeh ,  Sen-Wei Tsai ,  Khader S. Abdel-Hafez

IPC分类号： G01R31/28

CPC分类号： G01R31/31926 ,  G01R31/318533

摘要： A broadcaster, system, and method for reducing test data volume and test application time in an ATE (automatic test equipment) in a scan-based integrated circuit. The scan-based integrated circuit contains multiple scan chains, each scan chain comprising multiple scan cells coupled in series. The broadcaster is a combinational logic network coupled to an optional virtual scan controller and an optional scan connector. The virtual scan controller controls the operation of the broadcaster. The system transmits virtual scan patterns stored in the ATE and generates broadcast scan patterns through the broadcaster for testing manufacturing faults in the scan-based integrated circuit. The number of scan chains that can be supported by the ATE is significantly increased. Methods are further proposed to reorder scan cells in selected scan chains, to generate the broadcast scan patterns and virtual scan patterns, and to synthesize the broadcaster and a compactor in the scan-based integrated circuit.

摘要翻译： 用于在基于扫描的集成电路中的ATE（自动测试设备）中降低测试数据量和测试应用时间的广播，系统和方法。 基于扫描的集成电路包含多个扫描链，每个扫描链包括串联耦合的多个扫描单元。 广播公司是组合逻辑网络，耦合到可选的虚拟扫描控制器和可选的扫描连接器。 虚拟扫描控制器控制广播机构的操作。 系统发送存储在ATE中的虚拟扫描模式，并通过广播机构生成广播扫描模式，以测试基于扫描的集成电路中的制造故障。 ATE可以支持的扫描链数显着增加。 进一步提出了方法来重新排列所选择的扫描链中的扫描单元，以产生广播扫描图案和虚拟扫描图案，并且在基于扫描的集成电路中合成广播器和压缩器。

公开(公告)号：US20090132880A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-21

申请号：US12222931

申请日：2008-08-20

申请人： Laung-Terng (L.- T.) Wang ,  Po-Ching Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Hao-Jan Chao ,  Xiaoqing Wen

发明人： Laung-Terng (L.- T.) Wang ,  Po-Ching Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Hao-Jan Chao ,  Xiaoqing Wen

IPC分类号： G01R31/3177 ,  G06F11/25

CPC分类号： G06F17/5022 ,  G01R31/31704 ,  G01R31/318552 ,  G01R31/318594 ,  G06F17/5031 ,  G06F17/505

摘要： A method and apparatus for providing ordered capture clocks to detect or locate faults within N clock domains and faults crossing any two clock domains in an integrated circuit or circuit assembly in self-test or scan-test mode, where N>1 and each domain has a plurality of scan cells. The method and apparatus allows generating and loading N pseudorandom or predetermined stimuli to all the scan cells within the N clock domains in the integrated circuit or circuit assembly during the shift operation, applying an ordered sequence of capture clocks to all the scan cells within the N clock domains during the capture operation, compacting or comparing N output responses of all the scan cells for analysis during the compact/compare operation, and repeating the above process until a predetermined limiting criteria is reached. A computer-aided design (CAD) system is further developed to realize the method and synthesize the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US07512851B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-31

申请号：US10901298

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Khader S. Abdel-Hafez ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Boryau (Jack) Sheu ,  Fei-Sheng Hsu ,  Augusli Kifli ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Shianling Wu ,  Shun-Miin (Sam) Wang ,  Ming-Tung Chang

发明人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Khader S. Abdel-Hafez ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Boryau (Jack) Sheu ,  Fei-Sheng Hsu ,  Augusli Kifli ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Shianling Wu ,  Shun-Miin (Sam) Wang ,  Ming-Tung Chang

IPC分类号： G01R31/28

CPC分类号： G01R31/318594 ,  G01R31/318335 ,  G01R31/318547 ,  G01R31/318572 ,  G01R31/31905

摘要： A method and apparatus time-division demultiplexes and decompresses a compressed input stimulus provided at a selected data rate R1, into a decompressed stimulus, driven at a selected data rate R2, for driving selected scan chains in a scan-based integrated circuit using a plurality of time-division demultiplexors and time-division multiplexors for shifting stimuli and test responses in and out of high-speed I/O pads in order to reduce test time, test cost, and scan pin count. A synthesis method is also proposed for synthesizing the time-division multiplexors, decompressors, compressors, and time-division multiplexors.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置将以所选择的数据速率R1提供的压缩输入激励时分解复用和解压缩为以所选择的数据速率R2驱动的解压缩的激励，以驱动基于扫描的集成电路中的选定的扫描链，使用多个 的时分解复用器和时分复用器，用于将刺激和测试响应移入和移出高速I / O焊盘，以减少测试时间，测试成本和扫描引脚数。 还提出了一种用于合成时分复用器，解压缩器，压缩器和时分复用器的合成方法。

公开(公告)号：US20090037786A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-05

申请号：US12285225

申请日：2008-09-30

申请人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Khader S. Abdel-Hafez ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Ming-Tung Chang ,  Po-Ching Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Chi-Chan Hsu

发明人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen ,  Khader S. Abdel-Hafez ,  Shyh-Horng Lin ,  Hsin-Po Wang ,  Ming-Tung Chang ,  Po-Ching Hsu ,  Shih-Chia Kao ,  Meng-Chyi Lin ,  Chi-Chan Hsu

IPC分类号： G01R31/3177 ,  G06F11/25

CPC分类号： G06F11/27 ,  G01R31/318586 ,  G01R31/318594

摘要： A method and apparatus for testing or diagnosing faults in a scan-based integrated circuit using a unified self-test and scan-test technique. The method and apparatus comprises using a unified test controller to ease prototype debug and production test. The unified test controller further comprises using a capture clock generator and a plurality of domain clock generators each embedded in a clock domain to perform self-test or scan-test. The capture clocks generated by the capture clock generator are used to guide at-speed or reduced-speed self-test (or scan-test) within each clock domain. The frequency of these capture clocks can be totally unrelated to those of system clocks controlling the clock domains. This unified approach allows designers to test or diagnose stuck-type and non-stuck-type faults with a low-cost DFT (design-for-test) tester or a low-cost DFT debugger. A computer-aided design (CAD) method is further developed to realize the method and synthesize the apparatus.

摘要翻译： 一种用于使用统一的自检和扫描测试技术来测试或诊断基于扫描的集成电路中的故障的方法和装置。 该方法和装置包括使用统一的测试控制器来简化原型调试和生产测试。 统一的测试控制器还包括使用捕获时钟发生器和每个嵌入在时钟域中的多个域时钟发生器来执行自检或扫描测试。 由捕获时钟发生器产生的捕获时钟用于引导每个时钟域内的速度或速度自检（或扫描测试）。 这些捕获时钟的频率与控制时钟域的系统时钟的频率完全无关。 这种统一的方法允许设计人员使用低成本DFT（设计测试）测试仪或低成本DFT调试器来测试或诊断卡住型和非卡住型故障。 进一步开发了计算机辅助设计（CAD）方法，实现了该方法并综合了该装置。

公开(公告)号：US20080134107A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-05

申请号：US11984316

申请日：2007-11-15

申请人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen

发明人： Laung-Terng Wang ,  Xiaoqing Wen

IPC分类号： G06F17/50

CPC分类号： G06F17/505 ,  G01R31/31704 ,  G01R31/318314 ,  G01R31/318364 ,  G01R31/318583 ,  G01R31/318594 ,  G06F17/5022 ,  G06F17/5027 ,  G06F17/5045 ,  G06F2217/14

摘要： A method and system to automate scan synthesis at register-transfer level (RTL). The method and system will produce scan HDL code modeled at RTL for an integrated circuit modeled at RTL. The method and system comprise computer-implemented steps of performing RTL testability analysis, clock-domain minimization, scan selection, test point selection, scan repair and test point insertion, scan replacement and scan stitching, scan extraction, interactive scan debug, interactive scan repair, and flush/random test bench generation. In addition, the present invention further comprises a method and system for hierarchical scan synthesis by performing scan synthesis module-by-module and then stitching these scanned modules together at top-level. The present invention further comprises integrating and verifying the scan HDL code with other design-for-test (DFT) HDL code, including boundary-scan and logic BIST (built-in self-test).

摘要翻译： 一种在寄存器传输级（RTL）下自动扫描合成的方法和系统。 该方法和系统将产生在RTL建模的扫描HDL代码，用于在RTL建模的集成电路。 该方法和系统包括执行RTL可测试性分析，时钟域最小化，扫描选择，测试点选择，扫描修复和测试点插入，扫描替换和扫描拼接，扫描提取，交互式扫描调试，交互式扫描修复的计算机实现步骤 和冲洗/随机测试台生成。 此外，本发明还包括通过逐个模块执行扫描合成然后将这些扫描的模块拼接在一起的层次扫描合成的方法和系统。 本发明还包括将扫描HDL码与其他测试（DFT）HDL码进行集成和验证，包括边界扫描和逻辑BIST（内置自检）。