复用存储控制接口的高性能SoC测试结构
High-Performance SoC Test Structure Reusing Memory Interface
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摘要: 为缩短SoC的测试时间并减少测试硬件开销,提出一种高性能SoC测试结构. 通过重用存储控制逻辑作为测试接口,可以消除传统双向测试总线寄生的时间间隙,同时建立的流水化测试时序,避免了测试通道中引入的关键路径;针对功能和结构双重测试需求,复用片上总线系统作为测试访问机制结构并对其进行无损式改造,减少了测试访问的等待时长;同时构建的一种不依赖于目标核的测试环,维持了测试通道与扫描链之间的带宽平衡. 实验结果表明,引入的测试结构使得测试时间缩短68%,面积开销下降36.1%,同时有效降低了对原始芯片性能的影响.Abstract: To reduce the testing time and decrease the testing overhead of hardware for SoC, a high-performance SoC test structure was presented. The structure could eliminate turnaround cycle existing in traditional bi-directional test bus by reusing memory controller as test interface, while it can avoid crucial path in test channel through establishing a pipelined test sequence. Aiming at both functional and structural test requirements, the on-chip bus reused as TAM without the destructive modification could shorten the waiting cycles of test access. To balance the bandwidth between test paths and scan chains, a test wrapper independent of target core was integrated. Test results show that the approach shortens the testing time by 68%, and reduces the area overhead by 36.1%, which considerably mitigates the effects on the performance of the original chip.
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