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Scheduling Tests for 3D Stacked Chips under Power Constraints

Sengupta, Breeta LU ; Ingelsson, Urban and Larsson, Erik LU orcid (2011) 6th International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications (DELTA 2011) p.72-77
Abstract
This paper addresses Test Application Time (TAT)reduction for core-based 3D Stacked ICs (SICs). Applyingtraditional test scheduling methods used for non-stacked chiptesting where the same test schedule is applied both at wafer testand at final test to SICs, leads to unnecessarily high TAT. This isbecause the final test of 3D-SICs includes the testing of all thestacked chips. A key challenge in 3D-SIC testing is to reduce TATby co-optimizing the wafer test and the final test while meetingpower constraints. We consider a system of chips with coresequipped with dedicated Built-In-Self-Test (BIST)-engines andpropose a test scheduling approach to reduce TAT while meetingthe power constraints. Depending on the test schedule, the controllines... (More)
This paper addresses Test Application Time (TAT)reduction for core-based 3D Stacked ICs (SICs). Applyingtraditional test scheduling methods used for non-stacked chiptesting where the same test schedule is applied both at wafer testand at final test to SICs, leads to unnecessarily high TAT. This isbecause the final test of 3D-SICs includes the testing of all thestacked chips. A key challenge in 3D-SIC testing is to reduce TATby co-optimizing the wafer test and the final test while meetingpower constraints. We consider a system of chips with coresequipped with dedicated Built-In-Self-Test (BIST)-engines andpropose a test scheduling approach to reduce TAT while meetingthe power constraints. Depending on the test schedule, the controllines that are required for BIST can be shared among severalBIST engines. This is taken into account in the test schedulingapproach and experiments show significant savings in TAT. (Less)
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Design for Test (DfT), Built in Self Test (BIST), Test scheduling, Sessions, Test time, Test cost, 3D Stacked Integrated Circuit (SIC), Through Silicon Via (TSV).
host publication
2011 Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Application
pages
72 - 77
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
6th International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications (DELTA 2011)
conference location
Queenstown, New Zealand
conference dates
0001-01-02
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  • scopus:79953142127
ISBN
978-1-4244-9357-9
DOI
10.1109/DELTA.2011.23
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English
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  abstract     = {{This paper addresses Test Application Time (TAT)reduction for core-based 3D Stacked ICs (SICs). Applyingtraditional test scheduling methods used for non-stacked chiptesting where the same test schedule is applied both at wafer testand at final test to SICs, leads to unnecessarily high TAT. This isbecause the final test of 3D-SICs includes the testing of all thestacked chips. A key challenge in 3D-SIC testing is to reduce TATby co-optimizing the wafer test and the final test while meetingpower constraints. We consider a system of chips with coresequipped with dedicated Built-In-Self-Test (BIST)-engines andpropose a test scheduling approach to reduce TAT while meetingthe power constraints. Depending on the test schedule, the controllines that are required for BIST can be shared among severalBIST engines. This is taken into account in the test schedulingapproach and experiments show significant savings in TAT.}},
  author       = {{Sengupta, Breeta and Ingelsson, Urban and Larsson, Erik}},
  booktitle    = {{2011 Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Application}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4244-9357-9}},
  keywords     = {{Design for Test (DfT); Built in Self Test (BIST); Test scheduling; Sessions; Test time; Test cost; 3D Stacked Integrated Circuit (SIC); Through Silicon Via (TSV).}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{72--77}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Scheduling Tests for 3D Stacked Chips under Power Constraints}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5847380/4857247.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/DELTA.2011.23}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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