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This paper presents a method for extracting, in the digital domain, the main characteristic parameters of an analog sine-wave signal. It is based on a double-modulation, square-wave and sigma-delta, together with a simple Digital Processing Algorithm. It leads to an efficient and robust approach very suitable for BIST applications. In this line, some considerations for on-chip implementation are addressed together with simulation results that validate the feasibility of the proposed approach.
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Diego Vázquez was born in El Coronil, Sevilla, Spain, in 1966. He received the Licenciado en Física degree in 1989 and the Doctor en Ciencias Físicas degree in 1995, both from the University of Sevilla, Spain. Since 1990, he has been with the Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo, University of Sevilla, where he is a Associate Professor, and also with the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain. He has published about 100 papers in international journals, books and major conferences. In 1992 he won the Best Paper Award of the 10th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium. His research interests are in the fields of design, fault tolerance, test, and design for testability of analog and mixed-signal circuits.
Gloria Huertas was born in Sevilla, Spain, in 1974. She received the Licenciado en Física degree in 1997 and the Ph.D. in 2004, both from the University of Sevilla, Spain. Since then, she has been with the Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo, University of Sevilla, where she is Assistant Professor, and also with the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain. Her research focuses on designing electronic mixed-signal circuits and systems including techniques for testability.
África Luque was born in Zamora (Spain) in 1977. She received the Licenciado en Física degree in 2000 from the University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain. She is with the Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo, University of Sevilla, and also with the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain, where she is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree. Her research focuses on the design and test of mixed-signal circuits including Silicon-On-Insulator technologies.
Manuel J. Barragan was born in Sevilla, Spain, in 1980. He received the Licenciado en Física degree in 2003 from the University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree from the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE, CNM) on the topics of test and design for testability of analog and mixed-signal circuits.
Gildas Leger was born in St. Brieuc, Côtes d’Armor, France, in 1976. He received the Ingénieur en Physique degree in 1999 from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Rennes, France.
He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree from the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE, CNM). His research focuses on designing electronic mixed-signal circuits and systems including techniques for testability, specially in the domain of analog to digital conversion.
Adoración Rueda joined the Department of Electronics and Electromagnetism at the University of Seville in 1976 as Assistant Professor, and obtained the Ph.D. degree in 1982. From 1984 to 1996 she was Associate Professor in that Department, where now holds the position of Full Professor in Electronics. In 1989 she became researcher at the Department of Analog Design of the National Microelectronics Center (CNM), now Institute of Microelectronics at Seville (IMSE).
She has participated in several research projects financed by the Spanish CICYT and by different programs of the European Community. She has published about 135 papers in international journals, books and major conferences. In 1992 she won the Best Paper Award of the 10th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium. Her research interests are currently focused on the topics of Design and Test of Analog and Mixed-signal Circuits, Behavioral Modeling of Mixed-signal Circuits, and development of CAD tools.
Jose Luis Huertas received the Licenciado en Física degree nd the Doctor en Ciencias Físicas degrees in 1969 and 1973, respectively, both from the University of Sevilla, Spain.
From 1970 to 1971, he was with the Philips International Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, as a postgraduate student. Since 1971, he has been with the Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo, University of Sevilla, Spain, where he is a Full Professor. He is also the Director of the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. His current interests include the design and testing of analog/digital integrated circuits, computer-aided IC analysis and design, fuzzy logic, nonlinear microelectronics, and neural networks.
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Vázquez, D., Huertas, G., Luque, Á. et al. Sine-Wave Signal Characterization Using Square-Wave and ΣΔ-Modulation: Application to Mixed-Signal BIST. J Electron Test 21, 221–232 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10836-005-6352-x
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