BIST-based fault diagnosis for PCM with enhanced test scheme and fault-free region finding algorithm

C Xie, X Li, Y Lei, H Chen, Q Wang… - … Transactions on Very …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the most promising candidates for nonvolatile memory, phase change memory
(PCM) technology has shown great performance advantages in market applications …

An In-Array Build-In Self-Test Scheme for Embedded SRAM Array

F Wei, X Cui, S Zhang - … Transactions on Circuits and Systems II …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An in-array Build-In Self-Test (BIST) scheme is proposed for the embedded SRAM array.
The linear feedback shift register (LFSR) is used to implement the pattern generator, and the …

Optimization of experimental designs for system-level accelerated life test in a memory system degraded by time-dependent dielectric breakdown

DH Kim, SH Hsu, L Milor - IEEE Transactions on Very Large …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous memory technology scaling causes memory cells to be vulnerable to wearout.
To ensure reliable operations of circuits and systems in the presence of wearout, we require …

Bridge-defect prediction in SRAM circuits using random forest, XGBoost, and LightGBM learners

J Ghosh, SY Lim, AVY Thean - 2021 International Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modern fabrication technology node for devices and circuits is causing several failure
analysis challenges of the current state-of-the-art tools to actually find the location of the …

An ECC-assisted postpackage repair methodology in main memory systems

DH Kim, L Milor - IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As dynamic random access memories (DRAMs) operate in the field, hard errors resulting
from wearout occur. Unless corrected or repaired, hard errors halt normal operations …

A Simulation Approach to Analyze Bridge-Defects in a 6T-SRAM Bit Cell

J Ghosh, SY Lim, FM Meftahul… - 2022 6th IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modern semiconductor technology node causes several failure analysis challenges of
the current industry-standard tools to locate the physical defects. Here we discuss such …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic estimation of temporary failure in SoC FPGAs for heterogeneous applications

J Kokila, N Ramasubramanian… - J. Universal Comput. Sci, 2018 - academia.edu
Recent processors are shrinking in size due to the advancement of technology. Reliability is
an important design parameter along with power, cost, and performance. The processors …

TDDB-emerald: A methodology for estimating memory reliability degradation resulting from time-dependent dielectric breakdown

DH Kim, L Milor - 2016 Conference on Design of Circuits and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the major wearout mechanisms in modern microprocessors is time-dependent
dielectric breakdown. Beyond the 28 nm technology node, time-dependent dielectric …

Extraction of wearout model parameters using on-line test of an SRAM

SH Hsu, YY Huang, YD Wu, K Yang, LH Lin… - Microelectronics …, 2020 - Elsevier
To accurately determine the reliability of SRAMs, we propose a method to estimate the
wearout parameters of FEOL TDDB using on-line data collected during operations. Errors in …

Optimal accelerated test framework for time-dependent dielectric breakdown lifetime parameter estimation

YD Wu, K Yang, SH Hsu, L Milor - IEEE Transactions on Very …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A framework is presented to identify an optimal accelerated test region and accelerated test
conditions for the accelerated test of logic circuits for time-dependent dielectric breakdown …