Balanced Redundancy Utilization in Embedded Memory Cores for Dependable Systems
Abstract
Advances in revolutionary system-on-chip (SoC) technology mainly depend on the high performance and ultra dependable system core components. Among those core components, embedded memory system core, currently acquiring 54% of SoC area share, will continue its domination of SoC area share as it is anticipated to approach about 94% of SoC area share by the year 2014. Since memory cells are considered as more prone to defects and faults than logic cells, redundancy and repair have been extensively practiced for enhancing defect and fault tolerance. Unlike in legacy PCB (printed circuit board) or MCM (multichip module) based systems, embedded core components cannot be physically replaced once they are fabricated onto a SoC. To realize enhanced manufacturing yield and field reliability, both ATE (automated test equipment) and BISR (built-in-self-repair) are commonly utilized to allocate redundancy for embedded memory system cores. Since ATE (for repairing manufacturing defects) and BISR (for repairing field faults) share the given redundancy, balanced redundancy partitioning and utilization techniques are proposed in this paper to achieve optimal combination of yield and reliability of the embedded memory system core. Parametric simulation results for both single dimensional (i.e., spare columns) and two dimensional (i.e., both spare columns and rows) are shown.
Recommended Citation
M. Choi et al., "Balanced Redundancy Utilization in Embedded Memory Cores for Dependable Systems," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (2002, Vancouver, Canada), pp. 419 - 427, IEEE Computer Society, Nov 2002.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/DFTVS.2002.1173540
Meeting Name
17th IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (2002: Nov. 6-8, Vancouver, Canada)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Application Specific Integrated Circuits; Built-In Self Test; Defects; Design for Testability; Embedded Systems; Equipment Testing; Fault Tolerance; Integrated Circuit Testing; Legacy Systems; Logic Circuits; Logic Devices; Manufacture; Memory Architecture; Microprocessor Chips; Multichip Modules; Printed Circuit Boards; Printed Circuits; Programmable Logic Controllers; Repair; Switching Systems; System-on-Chip; VLSI Circuits; Circuit Faults; Logic; Manufacturing Automation; Pulp Manufacturing; System on a Chip; Test Equipment; Redundancy
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
769518311
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1550-5774
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2002 IEEE Computer Society, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Nov 2002