A multi-code compression technique for reducing system-on-chip test time

Hong Ming Shieh, Chun Shien Wu, Jin Fu Li

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Abstract

With, the nano-scale technology, an system-on-chip (SOC) design may consist of many reusable cores from multiple sources. This causes the complexity of SOC testing is much higher than testing conventional VISI chips. One of the test challenges of SOCs is test data reduction. This paper presents a multi-code compression (MCC) technique to reduce the volume of test data and the test application time. A multi-code decompressor for recovering the compressed test data is also proposed. Experimental results show that the MCC scheme can achieve higher compression ratio than the single-code compression schemes. The area cost of the multi-code decompressor is small - only about 3498μ2 based on TSMC 0.18μm standard cell technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2006 - Proceedings of Technical Papers
Pages239-242
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2006 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2006 - Hsinchu, Taiwan
Duration: 26 Apr 200728 Apr 2007

Publication series

Name2006 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2006 - Proceedings of Technical Papers

Conference

Conference2006 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2006
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityHsinchu
Period26/04/0728/04/07

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