On-Line BIST and Diagnosis of FPGA Interconnect Using Roving STARs

Miron Abramovici; Charles Stroud; Matthew Lashinsky; Jeremy Nall; John Emmert

doi:10.1109/OLT.2001.937813

On-Line Testing Workshop, IEEE International

On-Line BIST and Diagnosis of FPGA Interconnect Using Roving STARs

Year: 2001, Pages: 0027

DOI Bookmark: 10.1109/OLT.2001.937813

Authors

Miron Abramovici, Agere Systems
Charles Stroud, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Matthew Lashinsky, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jeremy Nall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
John Emmert, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Abstract: We present the first on-line BIST and BIST-based diagnostic approach for the programmable interconnect resources in FPGAs. This interconnect BIST is used in the roving STARs approach [1], [3]. The technique provides a complete BIST of the programmable interconnect followed by high-resolution diagnostics to support reconfiguration around the fault for fault-tolerant applications. We have successfully implemented this BIST approach on the ORCA 2C series FPGA and present the results of testing and diagnosing known defective FPGAs.

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