Robust Test Pattern Generation for Hold-time Faults in Nanometer Technologies

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作者
Ho, Yu-Hao [1 ]
Chen, Yo-Wei [1 ]
Chang, Chih-Ming [1 ]
Yang, Kai-Chieh [1 ]
Li, James Chien-Mo [1 ]
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[1] Natl Taiwan Univ, Grad Inst Elect Engn, Lab Dependable Syst LaDS, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hold-time Test; Robustness; Fault Model; ATPG; Fault Simulation;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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Hold-time faults are gaining attention in modern technologies because of process variation, power supply noise, and etc. A path-based hold-time fault model is proposed to cover short paths to and from every flip-flop. In addition, the number of faults is linear to the number of flip-flops in the circuit. Two-timeframe circuit models are proposed for ATPG and fault simulation. We show that traditional path delay fault ATPG is not sufficient for hold-time faults. A hold-time fault ATPG is presented to generate robust test patterns. Experiments on large benchmark show that our test patterns are 42% shorter while 38% better in robust fault coverage than 1-detect stuck-at fault test sets. The results justify the need for hold-time fault ATPG.
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