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Current testing: Dead or alive? | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Abstract:

Current, voltage and time (frequency) are the base parameters describing an electronic system. In the 1700's, Benjamin Franklin was one of the first experimenting with cu...Show More

Abstract:

Current, voltage and time (frequency) are the base parameters describing an electronic system. In the 1700's, Benjamin Franklin was one of the first experimenting with current tests, followed by many others shaping the current domain. In 1963 Frank Wanlass (Fairchild Semiconductor) planted the first seeds of using current testing as part of a structural approach to validate integrated circuits when publishing the concept of complementary-MOS (CMOS) logic circuitry. It occurred to him that a CMOS circuit would use very little power and that in standby; it would draw practically nothing — just the leakage current. It was therefore a fact that CMOS circuits with increased standby power consumption were defective. In 1981 Mark W. Levi demonstrated the concept of IDDQ testing (validating circuits by measuring and observing their quiescent supply current) in his ITC'1981 paper “CMOS is most Testable”. This paper kicked off a lot of research on IDDQ fault modeling, IDDQ defect detection capabilities, IDDQ and reliability, IDDQ efficiency. Much of that research happened in the late eighties — early nineties by “Chuck and Jerry”, exploring the benefits, followed by studies done by HP, IBM, TI, Philips, Alcatel, Ford Micro, … Since then IDDQ testing became synonym to current testing. Extensive research revealed the IDDQ capabilities. Despite its demonstrated defect detection capabilities and screening efficiency, it was not an easy way for IDDQ to make it to the production test floor. The initial lack of commercial available ATPG tools and suitable measurement solutions were the hurdles to take.
Date of Conference: 27-30 May 2013
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 29 July 2013
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Conference Location: Avignon, France

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