Power-Aware Testing and Test Strategies for Low Power Devices
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Power-Aware Testing and Test Strategies for Low-Power Devices
Edited by:
Patrick Girard, Research Director, CNRS / LIRMM, France
Nicola Nicolici, Associate Professor, McMaster University, Canada
Xiaoqing Wen, Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Managing the power consumption of circuits and systems is now considered as one of the most important challenges for the semiconductor industry. Elaborate power management strategies, such as voltage scaling, clock gating or power gating techniques, are used today to control the power dissipation during functional operation. The usage of these strategies has various implications on manufacturing test, and power-aware test is therefore increasingly becoming a major consideration during design-for-test and test preparation for low-power devices. This book explores existing solutions for power-aware test and design-for-test of conventional circuits and systems, and surveys test strategies and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solutions for testing low-power devices.