It requires dedicated test receivers as dictated in ieee 1149. A boundaryscan standard for advanced digital networks accoupled highspeed differential signals have been a hole in the ieee 1149. Jtag assisted functionalbist stable temperature 50ohm z. The released bsdl files match jtag behavior before and after configuration. Ac boundaryscan specification for ieee document edcs4568 rev b5 page 4 of 22 cisco systems, inc. The motivation for boundaryscan architecture since the mid1970s, the structural testing of loaded printed circuit boards pcbs has relied v ery heavily on the use of the socalled in circuit bed ofnails technique figure 1. Ics consist of logic cells, or boundaryscan cells, between the system logic and the signal pins or balls that connect the ic to the pcb.
Table 2 on page 6 shows the summary of the operation of the. Prepared by ben bennetts, dft consultant for asset intertech, inc. It also prevents the device from returning to a functional mode after a 1419. Well, the answer to that question is highly dependent on the implementation of ieee 1149. Given incircuit testers can only drive tck up to 3 to 5mhz, it means their 1149. Epm7032s and epm7064s devices in a chain of boundaryscan test bst devices. In order to use this functionality it is important to ensure that nets to be tested in this way have 1149. The solution required edge detectors to be added to both polarities of the differential pair receiver as shown in figure 7.
The smartdvs jtag verification ip works in a highly randomized manner to generate wide range of scenarios for effective verification of dut. The tdo output pin and all of the jtag input pins are powered by the. After configuration, most pins are usually configured as input or output, not 3statecapable bidirectional. Intellitechs pattern generator automatically creates test patterns for interconnect wires between boundaryscan devices with singleended and differential driversreceivers. This document is dft guidelines for devices to be tested primarily through the use of boundary scan jtag, based on the ieee 1149. Lets first look at an example by considering a processor chip with pci express gen3 out to an unpopulated pci express connector. For ac boundaryscan standard activity a printed copy of this document is considered uncontrolled. The bsdl file without any modifications defines all ios as 3statecapable bidirectional pins. Jtag advanced capabilities and system design texas instruments. Partitions chips at storage cells latches flipflops to effectively partition.
The jtag provision platform automatically performs comprehensive testing of advanced digital interfaces based upon the circuits netlist, the 1149. Refer to the online version for the latest revision. The drawing above illustrates the most basic unit or building block in an ieee p1687 ijtag architecture. Jtag and jam programming december 15, 2003 serial data in boundaryscan ic ic pin signal serial data out jtag device 1 jtag device 2 interconnection to be tested core logic core logic figure 1. The smartdv vip for jtag verification ip is fully compliant with jtag standard of ieee 1149. I 6 1997 ti test symposium and boundaryscan architecture scan effectively partitions digital logic to facilitate control and observation of its function chipinternal scan. Design for test dft based on boundary scan or jtag. It describes the advanced digital network interconnection test. While jtag boundaryscan was originally regarded as a method to test electronic products during the production phase, new developments and applications of the ieee1149. Supports all types of jtag operations and jtag standard of ieee 1149. The automatic test equipment ate providers will be able to access the embedded instruments, logic bist and ips inside the device for chip, board or system testing purposes. Examples includes reading internal registers and chip idcodes, program flash memories, run bist and embedded instruments. Any failure mode of an lvds or capacitivelycoupled network for example, an open leg.
With a debug and trace probe information regarding the operation of the system can be obtained and analyzed to understand how the system is functioning and where problems may lie. X standards and aims at improving the test of digital electronic circuits. Th e joint test action group jtag is an industry group formed in 1985 to develop a method to test populated circuit boards after manufacture. Whenever a test receiver is operating in the leveldetection mode on an ac input pin, the test receiver output shall be cleared of prior history on the falling edge of tck in the capturedr tap controller state. The following board from a wireless router includes a jtag header with a silkscreen label, however the header does not indicate which pads correspond to which jtag signals. Isbn 0738129453 ss94949 no part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Jtag was originally developed to solve board interconnect test problems and has evolved into a widespread and generic soft access test mechanism for chips, boards and systems. The jtag header below does not contain descriptive labels other than dj1. Dut card design, dedicated noise power, dcdc converterslow erfect p low jitter, 5050 duty clocks istcompression vectors, delay testb onchip test via ieee 1149. Ac coupled jtag this is a new language for documenting the procedure of the new instructions introduced in this ieee each business segment is now waiting for a compliant device that will support the standards, and adoption will be based on their specific needs. It uses dot6compliant devices at the transmitting and received ends of an advanced network to send and sense pulses of data. It specifies supplemental boundaryscan cells on highspeed networks and corresponding boundary scan instructions that are capable of generating stimuli and capturing responses for ac coupling. Ieee 1500 is a scalable standard architecture for enabling test reuse and integration for embedded cores and associated circuitry. If a device supports capacitivelycoupled digital signals and is compliant with ieee 1149.
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