CMOS floating gate defect detection using supply current test with DC power supply superposed by AC component

H Michinishi, T Yokohira, T Okamoto… - … on Information and …, 2004 - search.ieice.org
H Michinishi, T Yokohira, T Okamoto, T Kobayashi, T Hondo
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems, 2004search.ieice.org
This paper proposes a new supply current test method for detecting floating gate defects in
CMOS ICs. In the method, unusual increase of the supply current caused by defects is
promoted by superposing an AC component on the DC power supply. Feasibility of the test
is examined by some experiments on four DUTs with an intentionally caused defect. The
results showed that our method could detect clearly all the defects, one of which may be
detected by neither any functional logic test nor any conventional supply current test.
This paper proposes a new supply current test method for detecting floating gate defects in CMOS ICs. In the method, unusual increase of the supply current caused by defects is promoted by superposing an AC component on the DC power supply. Feasibility of the test is examined by some experiments on four DUTs with an intentionally caused defect. The results showed that our method could detect clearly all the defects, one of which may be detected by neither any functional logic test nor any conventional supply current test.
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