Design-for-test, or DFT, should facilitate high-quality test, not change the design. Test techniques and strategies need to supply a high-quality test that screens out defective devices, avoiding ...

Over the last few years, design-for-test (DFT) chip-testing techniques such as internal scan (ISCAN), automatic test-pattern generation (ATPG), built-in self-test (BIST), and boundary scan (BSCAN) ...

In the past, design-for-test (DFT) was considered by designers to be a non-value-added element. But that perception is turning around rapidly, with DFT gaining much more attention from front-end ...

The testing and verification of semiconductor chips was a prominent topic at this year’s European Test Systems (ETS) conference, especially in the area of Design-for-Test (DFT) tools and techniques.

In today’s highly competitive semiconductor industry, chip-design companies strive for competitive advantages by optimizing designs for PPA (Power, Performance, Area). Along with the functional logic, ...

Design for Test (DFT) managers often must make difficult and sometimes costly trade-offs between test implementation effort and manufacturing test cost. The traditional method for evaluating these ...

The use of redundant logic may increase product reliability. Two of the most costly functions that engineering teams developing electronic products perform are verification and test. On the surface, ...