The traditional approach to moving scan test data from chip-level pins to core-level scan channels is under pressure due to the dramatic rise in design size, design complexity, and test adaptation. To ...

Maybe you should try boundary scan testing now that your continuity buzzer has died. Most engineers are familiar with the theory of boundary scan testing, but what about having actual hands-on ...

As chips become more heterogeneous with more integrated functionality, testing them presents increasing challenges — particularly for high-speed system-on-chip (SoC) designs with limited test pin ...

Design for test (DFT) has been around since the 1960s. The technology was developed to reduce the cost of creating a successful test for an IC. Scan design, fault models, and automatic test pattern ...

This is the second part of a two-part discussion (Part 1 appeared in August) in which the author considers fault-coverage analysis and simulation for full-scan testing of ASIC designs. These elements ...