Usage of ESD detector circuit for analyzing soft failures in IC cores

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference proceedingspeer-review

Abstract

Due to ESD events on powered ICs, soft failures can occur in the IO pad frame and in the core of the IC. A detector cell can be used to detect these faults and distinguish between valid signal changes and soft failures. A corresponding digital detector cell with adjusted switching thresholds is presented in this paper. Since the detector cell is correspondingly small (150μm × 16.5μm), it can be placed several times in the IC and read out via a scan chain.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity (SPI)
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing
  • Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function

Cite this