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SiP Testing. Speaker : Meng-Syue Jhan Advisor : Chun-Yao Wang 2007/04/10. Outline. Previous Work Conclusion Future Work. Previous Work. System-in-Package Testing : Problems and Solutions Author : Davide Appello May-June 2006 IEEE. What’s the SiP.
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SiP Testing Speaker :Meng-Syue Jhan Advisor : Chun-Yao Wang 2007/04/10
Outline • Previous Work • Conclusion • Future Work
Previous Work • System-in-Package Testing : Problems and Solutions • Author : Davide Appello • May-June 2006 IEEE
What’s the SiP • The system-in-package(SiP) consists of multiple chips stacked and connected whthin a package • Digital computation units, memory, analog unit, power chip, and RF chip
What’s the SiP (cont’d) • The main challenge to further SoC advances is the silicon technology • The components can be manufactured separately, in different technologies, and then assembled
SiP test paradigm • SiP testing usually employs the known-good-die(KGD) prerequisite • The interchip connection tests and sensible-to-packaging parameter verification also needed
Test structure insertion • Core test layer • DFT and test pattern • System test layer • Because SiPs have a multichip architecture, the related to the system test layer fall into several categories • Subsystem test requirements • Stacked-system test requirements • Test application
Test structure insertion (cont’d) • Each manufactured chip could be itself a SoC, therefore each chip needs efficient, suitably connected interfaces and properly defined test scheduling • Chip test can exploit the overall organization and chip synergies • It’s important to consider chip-to-chip interconnect test issue
Test structure insertion (cont’d) • In the test application layer, we translate the test strategy developed for the system into an ATE-readable format • Level-1 for each single chip • Level-2 for chip-to-chip interconnections and complete SiP behavior
IEEE P1500 SECT • The IEEE P1500 standard for Embedded Core Test is currently one of the most cost-effective solutions for SoC testing • This standard defines • The test interface structure (wrapper) • The Core Test Language (CTL)
Test access structure • Our test access solution for SiPs takes a hierarchical IEEE P1500 approach • Easy and fast to test interoperability at the core and subsystem layers • Effective support for chip-to-chip interconnection test in the same package • Definition of a standard approach for generating the chip-level and SiP-level test program
SiP test strategy • Chip-to-chip interconnection test • Checks the intrasystem connectivity among the KGDs • Post-packaging test • Identifiers problems introduced by the packaging process
SiP test strategy (cont’d) • Overall SiP test • Integrates the test flow with a complete functional SiP test
SiP failure analysis • We should perform probing on the failed part prior to disassembly • The critical element concerns traceability
Conclusion • Introducing test interfaces and architectures adds silicon area and can involve timing-performance penalties • The problem stems from dependencies between separate IP chips
Future Work • How to improve P1500 on SiP