Electronic Design

DFT Propels SoC IC Testing

The Design-for-Test (DFT) methodology is a strong driving force in the cost-effective testing of large-volume commodity items with very short life cycles, like system-on-chip (SoC) devices. It will ...
Electronic Design

Design-For-Test The Smart Way: dFT With A "Big T" And A "Little d"

Design-for-test, or DFT, should facilitate high-quality test, not change the design. Test techniques and strategies need to supply a high-quality test that screens out defective devices, avoiding ...
EDN

Is DFT ready for prime time?

Over the last few years, design-for-test (DFT) chip-testing techniques such as internal scan (ISCAN), automatic test-pattern generation (ATPG), built-in self-test (BIST), and boundary scan (BSCAN) ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Enabling Test Strategies For 2.5D, 3D Stacked ICs

Improved testability, coupled with more tests at more insertion points, are emerging as key strategies for creating reliable, heterogeneous 2.5D and 3D designs with sufficient yield. “With chiplets, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Automate Memory Test Through A Shared Bus Interface

The use of memory-heavy IP in SoCs for automotive, artificial intelligence (AI), and processor applications is steadily increasing. However, these memory-heavy IP often have only a single access point ...