Abstract
A novel low-cost platform for prototyping and characterizing the performance of digital circuit intellectual properties (IPs) has been developed. Compromised of several HW/SW components, it allows developers of circuit IPs to verify the functionality of any number of IPs on the same prototype chip and characterize their speeds without the need for any expensive test equipment special/custom IP-wrappers, or high-speed test board design. A complete prototype of the proposed platform has been realized and successfully used to test a prototype IC fabricated in a 150 nm technology with frequencies up to 2.1 GHz. Design conditions/constraints for portability to any fabrication process have been developed and verified using measurements from the fabricated IC.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-9 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Integration, the VLSI Journal |
Volume | 54 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) under development grant number MT-4-14/2010 . Authors also acknowledge facilities support by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- ASICs
- Circuit intellectual properties
- Systems-on-Chip (SOCs)
- Test and characterization
- Test processors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Hardware and Architecture
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering