Combining Fault Analysis Technologies for ISO26262 Functional Safety Verification

The development of Integrated Circuits for the Automotive sector imposes on complex challenges. ISO26262 Functional Safety requirements entail extensive Fault Injection campaigns and complex analysis for the evaluation of deployed Software Tools. This paper proposes a methodology to improve Fault Analysis Tools Confidence Level (TCL) by...

Efficient Methodology for ISO26262 Functional Safety Verification

Tolerance to random hardware failures, required by ISO26262, entails accurate design behavior analysis, complex Verification Environments and expensive Fault Injection campaigns. This paper proposes a methodology combining the strengths of Automatic Test Pattern Generators (ATPG), Formal Methods and Fault Injection Simulation to decrease the...

Design and Automated Implementation of a DfT Architecture for 3D-SICs

Three-dimensional stacked integrated circuits (3D-SICs) implemented with through silicon vias (TSVs) and micro-bumps open new horizons for faster, smaller and more energy-efficient chips. As all microelectronic structures, these 3D chips and their interconnects need to be tested for manufacturing defects. This thesis was executed in the context...

Test point insertion to improve BIST performance, and to reduce ATPG test time and data volume