{"title":"A hybrid built-in self-test scheme for DRAMs","authors":"Chi-Chun Yang, Jin-Fu Li, Yun-Chao Yu, Kuan-Te Wu, Chih-Yen Lo, Chao-Hsun Chen, Jenn-Shiang Lai, D. Kwai, Yung-Fa Chou","doi":"10.1109/VLSI-DAT.2015.7114502","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a hybrid BIST scheme for DRAMs. The hybrid BIST consists of a microcode-based controller to support the programmability of test algorithms and an FSM-based controller to support the in-field programmability of configuration parameters of the DRAMs. Thus, if the needed test algorithms are out of the test algorithms stored in the microcodes, only metal changing is needed to change the supported test algorithms. Simulation results show that the hybrid BIST only needs about 9553 gates to support march and non-march test algorithms for JEDEC WideIO DRAMs.","PeriodicalId":369130,"journal":{"name":"VLSI Design, Automation and Test(VLSI-DAT)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"VLSI Design, Automation and Test(VLSI-DAT)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSI-DAT.2015.7114502","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper proposes a hybrid BIST scheme for DRAMs. The hybrid BIST consists of a microcode-based controller to support the programmability of test algorithms and an FSM-based controller to support the in-field programmability of configuration parameters of the DRAMs. Thus, if the needed test algorithms are out of the test algorithms stored in the microcodes, only metal changing is needed to change the supported test algorithms. Simulation results show that the hybrid BIST only needs about 9553 gates to support march and non-march test algorithms for JEDEC WideIO DRAMs.