Modified Scan Flip-Flop for Low Power Testing

被引:16
|
作者
Mishra, Amit [1 ]
Sinha, Nidhi [1 ]
Satdev [1 ]
Singh, Virendra [1 ]
Chakravarty, Sreejit [2 ]
Singh, Adit D. [3 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Sci, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
[2] LSI Corp, Milpitas, CA USA
[3] Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
关键词
Low power testing; Launch on capture; Launch on shift; Stuck-at faults; Scan flip-flop;
D O I
10.1109/ATS.2010.69
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Scanning of test vectors during testing causes unnecessary and excessive switching in the combinational circuit compared to that in the normal operation. In this paper, we propose a modified design of a scan flip-flop which eliminates the power consumed due to unnecessary switching in the combinational circuit during scan shift, with a little impact on performance. The new scan flip-flop disables the slave latch during scan, and uses an alternate low cost dynamic latch in the scan path instead. Methods for generating slave latch disable control signal are also presented.
引用
收藏
页码:367 / 370
页数:4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] From a fuzzy flip-flop to a MVL flip-flop
    Maguire, LP
    McGinnity, TM
    McDaid, LJ
    1999 29TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MULTIPLE-VALUED LOGIC, PROCEEDINGS, 1999, : 294 - 299
  • [22] ECRL-based low power flip-flop design
    Ng, KW
    Lau, KT
    MICROELECTRONICS JOURNAL, 2000, 31 (05) : 365 - 370
  • [23] DESIGN OF LOW POWER DIFFERENTIAL CONDITIONAL CAPTURING FLIP-FLOP
    Kasiselvanathan, M.
    Saranya, P.
    Lakshmi, A. Seetha
    Sivasakthi, S.
    SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (ICCTET 2014), 2014, : 233 - 236
  • [24] FGMOS flip-flop for low-power signal processing
    Cisneros-Sinencio, Luis F.
    Diaz-Sanchez, Alejandro
    Ramirez-Angulo, Jaime
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS, 2013, 100 (12) : 1683 - 1689
  • [25] Ultra-Low Power Subthreshold Flip-Flop Design
    Fisher, Sagi
    Teman, Adam
    Vaysman, Dmitry
    Gertsman, Alexander
    Yadid-Pecht, Orly
    ISCAS: 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-5, 2009, : 1573 - 1576
  • [26] Low-power dual-edge triggered state-retention scan flip-flop
    Karimiyan, H.
    Sayedi, S. M.
    Saidi, H.
    IET COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL TECHNIQUES, 2010, 4 (05): : 410 - 419
  • [27] Dynamic flip-flop with improved power
    Nedovic, N
    Oklobdzija, VG
    2000 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER DESIGN: VLSI IN COMPUTERS & PROCESSORS, PROCEEDINGS, 2000, : 323 - 326
  • [28] A Novel Flip-Flop Design for Low Power Clocking System
    Noble, G.
    Sakthivel, S. M.
    2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICCSP), 2013, : 627 - 631
  • [29] An ultra low-power output feedback flip-flop
    Phyu, MW
    Goh, WL
    Yeo, KS
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2004 IEEE ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, VOL 1 AND 2: SOC DESIGN FOR UBIQUITOUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2004, : 341 - 344
  • [30] New Design of Scan Flip-Flop to Increase Speed and Reduce Power Consumption
    Razmdideh, Ramin
    Mahani, Ali
    Saneei, Mohsen
    JOURNAL OF CIRCUITS SYSTEMS AND COMPUTERS, 2015, 24 (10)