IDDQ Testing is a very effective testing method to detect many kinds of physical defects occurred in CMOS VLSI circuits. In this paper, we consider the most commonly occurring bridging faults in current CMOS technologies and develop pattern generator ...
IDDQ Testing is a very effective testing method to detect many kinds of physical defects occurred in CMOS VLSI circuits. In this paper, we consider the most commonly occurring bridging faults in current CMOS technologies and develop pattern generator for IDDQ testing using efficient IDDQ test algorithms. The complete set of bridging faults between every pair of all nodes(internal and external nodes) within circuit under test is assumed as target fault model. The merit of considering the complete bridging fault set is that layout information is not necessary. Implemented test pattern generator uses a new neighbor searching algorithm and fault collapsing schemes to achieve fast run time, high fault coverage, and compact test sets. Experimental results for ISCAS benchmark circuits demonstrate higher efficiency than those of previous methods.