2013 Asian Test Symposium Program (PDF)
Nov. 18, 2013 (Monday)    
1000 - 1230 Tutorial I   Statistical Adaptive Test Methods Targeting "Zero Defect" IC Quality and Reliability - (1/2)
Prof. Adit D. Singh, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University
Tutorial II   Testing TSV-Based 3D Stacked ICs - (1/2)
Prof. Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University
1230 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1730 Tutorial I   Statistical Adaptive Test Methods Targeting "Zero Defect" IC Quality and Reliability - (2/2)
Prof. Adit D. Singh, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University
Tutorial II   Testing TSV-Based 3D Stacked ICs - (2/2)
Prof. Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University
Advance Registration
1830 - ATS'13 Reception (Evergreen Room I)
Nov. 19, 2013 (Tuesday)    
0740 - 0835 Registration
0835 - 0850 Opening
0850 - 0950 Keynote   Test Data Analytics - from Mathematical Tools to Applications
Chair: Dr. Chen-Wen Wu, ITRI
Prof. Kwang-Ting Cheng (UC Santa Barbara)
0950 - 1020 Coffee Break
1020 - 1110 Invited Talk I   New Approaches to Improving Quality and Accelerating Yield Ramp to Meet Process Technology Disruptions
Chair: Prof. Shi-Yu Huang, National Tsing Hua University
Dr. Wu-Tung Cheng (Mentor Graphics)
1110 - 1200 Invited Talk II   3DIC's System Design Impact and Testing Needs
Chair: Prof. Sying-Jyan Wang, National Chung Hsing University
Dr. William Wu Shen (TSMC)
1200 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1445 Session 4A   3D-IC Design-for-Test
Chair: Shu-Min LI (National Sun Yat-sen University)
* Exploration Methodology for 3D Memory Redundancy Architectures under Redundancy Constraints
Bing-Yang LIN (National Tsing Hua University), Mincent LEE (National Tsing Hua University), Cheng-Wen WU (National Tsing Hua University)
* A TSV Repair Scheme Using Enhanced Test Access Architecture for 3-D ICs
Chi-Chun YANG (Natioanl Central University), Che-Wei CHOU (National Central University), Jin-Fu LI (National Central University)
* Testable Design for Electrical Testing of Open Defects at Interconnects in 3D ICs
Masaki HASHIZUME (University of Tokushima), Tomoaki KONISHI (University of Tokushima), Hiroyuki YOTSUYANAGI (University of Tokushima), Shyue-Kung LU (National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology)
Session 4B   Power/Thermal Aware Testing I
Chair: Kohei MIYASE (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
* On Achieving Capture Power Safety in At-Speed Scan-Based Logic BIST
Akihiro TOMITA (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Xiaoqing WEN (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Yasuo SATO (Kyusyu Institute of Technology), Seiji KAJIHARA (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Patrick GIRARD (LIRMM), Mohammad TEHRANIPOOR (University of Connecticut), Laung-Terng WANG (SynTest Technologies, Inc.)
* Thermal Aware Don't Care Filling to Reduce Peak Temperature and Thermal Variance during Testing
Arpita DUTTA (IIT Kharagpur), Subhadip KUNDU (IIT Kharagpur), Santanu CHATTOPADHYAY (IIT Kharagpur)
* Peak Capture Power Reduction for Compact Test Sets Using Opt-Justification-Fill
Stephan EGGERSGLUESS (University of Bremen/DFKI)
Session 4C   Embedded Tutorial I: Data Mining in Test - Principles and Practices (Part I)
Chair: Hung-Pin WEN (National Chiao Tung University)
Prof. Li-C Wang (UC Santa Barbara)
1445 - 1515 Coffee Break
1515 - 1630 Session 5A   At-Speed Testing
Chair: Yi-Shing CHANG (Intel)
* Worst-Case Critical-Path Delay Analysis Considering Power-Supply Noise
Fang BAO (University of Connecticut), Harry CHEN (MediaTek Inc.), Mohammad TEHRANIPOOR (University of Connecticut)
* Test Generation of Path Delay Faults Induced by Defects in Power TSV
Chi-Jih SHIH (National Taiwan University), Shih-An HSIEH (National Taiwan University), Yi-Chang LU (National Taiwan University), James C.-M. LI (National Taiwan University), Tzong-Lin WU (National Taiwan University), Krishnendu CHAKRABARTY (Duke University)
* Multicycle-Aware At-Speed Test Methodology
Kun-Han TSAI (Mentor Graphics Corp.), Xijiang LIN (Mentor Graphics Corp.)
Session 5B   Analog/Mixed-Signal Test
Chair: Soon-Jyh CHANG (National Cheng Kung University)
* Analog Sensor Based Testing of Phase-Locked Loop Dynamic Performance Parameters
Sen-Wen HSIAO (Georgia Institute of Technology), Xian WANG (Georgia Institute of Technology), Abhijit CHATTERJEE (Georgia Institute of Technology)
* Built-In Test of Switched-Mode Power Converters: Avoiding DUT Damage Using Alternative Safe Measurements
Xian WANG (Georgia institute of technology), Blanchard KENFACT (Texas Instruments), Estella SILVA (Texas Instruments), Abhijit CHATTERJEE (Georgia Institute of Technology)
* Design of a Fault-Injectable Fleischer-Laker Switched-Capacitor Biquad for verifying the Static Linear Behavior Fault Model
Long-Yi LIN (National Chiao Tung University), Hao-Chiao HONG (National Chiao Tung University)
Session 5C   Embedded Tutorial I: Data Mining in Test - Principles and Practices (Part II)
Chair: Hung-Pin WEN (National Chiao Tung University)
Prof. Li-C Wang (UC Santa Barbara)
1630 - 1700 Break
1700 - 1815 Session 6A   Diagnosis and Debug
Chair: Kun-Han TSAI (Mentor Graphics)
* Failure Localization of Logic Circuits Using Voltage Contrast Considering State of Transistors
Masafumi NIKAIDO (Renesas Electronics Corp.), Yukihisa FUNATSU (Renesas Electronics Corp.), Tetsuya SEIYAMA (Renesas Electronics Corp.), Junpei NONAKA (Renesas Electronics Corp.), Kazuki SHIGETA (Renesas Electronics Corp.)
* Handling Missing Syndromes in Board-Level Functional-Fault Diagnosis
Fangming YE (Duke University), Shi JIN (Duke University), Zhaobo ZHANG (Huawei Technologies), Krishnendu CHAKRABARTY (Duke University), Xinli GU (Huawei Technologies)
* Diagnosing Resistive Open Faults Using Small Delay Fault Simulation
Koji YAMAZAKI (Meiji University), Toshiyuki TSUTSUMI (Meiji University), Hiroshi TAKAHASHI (Ehime University), Yoshinobu HIGAMI (Ehime University), Hironobu YOTSUYANAGI (University of Tokushima), Masaki HASHIZUME (University of Tokushima), Kewal K. SALUJA (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Session 6B   Design-for-Test I
Chair: Chia-Tso CHAO (National Chiao Tung University)
* A Transient Fault Tolerant Test Pattern Generator for On-line Built-in Self-test
Yuki FUKAZAWA (Hiroshima City University), Tsuyoshi IWAGAKI (Hiroshima City University), Hideyuki ICHIHARA (Hiroshima City University), Tomoo INOUE (Hiroshima City Uniersity)
* Leakage Monitoring Technique in Near-threshold Systems with a Time-based Bootstrapped Ring Oscillator
Yingchieh HO (National Dong-Hwa University), Katherine Shu-Min LI (National Sun Yat-sen University), Sying-Jyan WANG (National Chung-Hsing University)
* A New LFSR Reseeding Scheme via Internal Response Feedback
Wei-Cheng LIEN (National Cheng Kung University), Kuen-Jong LEE (National Cheng Kung Univ), Tong-Yu HSIEH (National Sun Yat-sen University), Krishnendu CHAKRABARTY (Duke University)
Session 6C   Industry Session I
Chair: Chun-Lung HSU (Industrial Technology Research Institute)
* Automotive EEPROM qualification and cost optimisation
Pete SARSON (ams AG), Gregor SCHATZBERGER (ams AG), Robert SEITZ (ams AG)
* Cost-Effective TAP-Controlled Serialized Compressed Scan Architecture for 3D Stacked ICs
Chen-An CHEN (ITRI), Yee-Wen CHEN(ITRI), Chun-Lung HSU (ITRI), Ming-Hsueh WU (ITRI), Kun-Lun LUO (ITRI), Bing-Chuan BAI (ITRI), Liang-Chia CHENG (ITRI)
Nov. 20, 2013 (Wednesday)    
0830 - 0945 Session 7A   Memory Defects
Chair: Shi-Yu HUANG (National Tsing Hua University)
* Adaptive Source Bias for Improved Resistive-Open Defect Coverage during SRAM Testing
Elena Ioana VATAJELU (LIRMM), Luigi DILILLO (LIRMM), Alberto BOSIO (LIRMM), Patrick GIRARD (LIRMM), Aida TODRI-SANIAL (CNRS-LIRMM), Arnaud VIRAZEL (LIRMM), Nabil BADEREDDINE (Intel Mobile Communications)
* A New March Test for Process-Variation Induced Delay Faults in SRAMs
Da CHENG (University of Southern California), Hsunwei HSIUNG (University of Southern California), Bin LIU (University of Southern California), Sandeep GUPTA (University of Southern California)
* Back-End-of-Line Defect Analysis for Rnv8T Nonvolatile SRAM
Bing-Chuan BAI (ITRI), James C.-M. LI (National Taiwan University), Kun-Lun LUO (ITRI), Chen-An CHEN (ITRI), Yee-Wen CHEN (ITRI), Ming-Hsueh WU (ITRI), Chun-Lung HSU (ITRI), Liang-Chia CHENG (ITRI)
Session 7B   Converter Testing
Chair: Hao-Chiao HONG (National Chiao Tung University)
* Digital Calibration for 8-bit Delay Line ADC Using Harmonic Distortion Correction
Hsun-Cheng LEE (University of Texas at Austin), Jacob A. ABRAHAM (University of Texas at Austin)
* Digital Compensation for Timing Mismatches in Interleaved ADCs
Ru YI (Gunma University), Minghui WU (Gunma University), Koji ASAMI (Advantest Corp.), Haruo KOBAYASHI (Gunma University), Ramin KHATAMI (Gunma University), Atsuhiro KATAYAMA (Gunma University), Isao SHIMIZU (Gunma University), Kentaroh KATOH (Tsuruoka National College of Technology)
* An Analysis of Stochastic Self-Calibration of TDC Using Two Ring Oscillators
Kentaroh KATOH (Tsuruoka National College of Technology), Yuta DOI (Gunma University), Satoshi ITO (Gunma University), Haruo KOBAYASHI (Gunma University), Ensi LI (Gunma University), Nobukazu TAKAI (Gunma University), Osamu KOBAYASHI (STARC)
Session 7C   Embedded Tutorial II: Soware Testing
Chair: Stefan HOLST (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Prof. Farn Wang (National Taiwan University)
0945 - 1015 Coffee Break
1015 - 1130 Session 8A   3D-IC Interposer Test
Chair: Tong-Yu HSIEH (National Sun Yat-sen University)
* Post-Bond Testing of the Silicon Interposer and Micro-Bumps in 2.5D ICs
Ran WANG (Duke University), Krishnendu CHAKRABARTY (Duke University), Bill EKLOW (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
* Mid-bond Interposer Wire Test
Li-Ren HUANG (National Tsing Hua University), Shi-Yu HUANG (National Tsing-Hua University), Kun-Han TSAI (Mentor Graphics Corp.), Wu-Tung CHENG (Mentor Graphics Corp.), Stephen SUNTER (Mentor Graphics Corp.)
* A Layout-Aware Test Methodology for Silicon Interposer in System-in-a-Package
Katherine Shu-Min LI (National Sun Yat-sen University), Cheng-You HO (National Sun Yat-sen University), Ruei-Ting GU (National Sun Yat-sen University/ASE), Sying-Jyan WANG (National Chung-Hsing University), Yingchieh HO (National Dong Hwa University), Jiun-Jie HUANG (ASE), Bo-Chuan Cheng (ASE), An-Ting LIU (ASE)
Session 8B   Power/Thermal Aware Testing II
Chair: Shu-Min LI (National Sun Yat-sen University)
* Formulating Optimal Test Scheduling Problem with Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
Spencer K. MILLICAN (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Kewal K. SALUJA (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
* Search Space Reduction for Low-Power Test Generation
Kohei MIYASE (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Matthias SAUER (University of Freiburg), Bernd BECKER (University of Freiburg), Xiaoqing WEN (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Seiji KAJIHARA (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
* MIRID: Mixed-Mode IR-Drop Induced Delay Simulator
Jie JIANG (University of Passau), Marina APARICIO (LIRMM - Univ. of Montpellier), Mariane COMTE (LIRMM - Univ. of Montpellier), Florence AZAIS (LIRMM - Univ. of Montpellier), M. RENOVELL (LIRMM - Univ. of Montpellier), Ilia POLIAN (University of Passau)
Session 8C   Vendor Sessions: New Test Technologies & Roadmap
Chair: Jing-Jia LIOU (National Tsing Hua Univesity)
* DfT Technologies for High-Quality Cost-Effective Test of SoCs
Janusz Rajski, Mentor Graphics Corp.
* Flexible Test Methodologies for large SoCs
Yi Wang, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
* New Solutions for Reducing the Time, Effort and Cost of Quality SoC Testing
Mark Lin, Synopsys, Inc.
1130 - 1145 Break
1145 - 1300 Session 9A   Defect-Based Test
Chair: Tomokazu YONEDA (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
* A Stochastic Model for NBTI-Induced LSI Degradation in Field
Yasuo SATO (Kyusyu Institute of Technology), Seiji KAJIHARA (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
* Hazard Initialized LOC Tests for TDF Undetectable CMOS Open Defects
Chao HAN (Auburn University), Adit D. SINGH (Auburn University)
Session 9B   Design-for-Test II
Chair: Tomokazu YONEDA (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
* Single Test Clock with Programmable Clock Enable Constraints for Multi-Clock Domain SoC ATPG Testing
Chin Hai ANG (Altera Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd)
* On the Generation of Compact Deterministic Test Sets for BIST Ready Designs
Amit KUMAR (University of Iowa), Janusz RAJSKI (Mentor Graphics Corp.), Sudhakar M. REDDY (University of Iowa), Thomas RINDERKNECHT (Mentor Graphics Corp.)
* A Cost-Effective Scheme for Network-on-Chip Router and Interconnect Testing
Dong XIANG (Tsinghua University)
Session 9C   Industry Session II
Chair: Hideyyuki ICHIHARA (Hiroshima City University)
* External Loopback Testing on High Speed Serial Interface
Shen Shen LEE (Altera Corporation), Tze Sin TAN (Altera Corporation), Wee Sun VOON (Altera Corporation)
* Multi-Histogram ADC BIST System for ADC Linearity Testing
Koay Soon CHAN (Marvell Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd.), Nuzrul Fahmi NORDIN (Marvell Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd.), Kim Chon CHAN (Marvell Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd.), Terk Zyou LOK (Marvell Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd.), Chee Wai YONG (Marvell Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd.)
1300 - 1430 Lunch
1430 - 1730 Social Event
1830 - 2130 Banquet
Nov. 21, 2013 (Thursday)    
0900 - 1015 Session 10A   Memory Testing
Chair: Chien-Mo LI (National Taiwan University)
* Fault Scrambling Techniques for Yield Enhancement of Embedded Memories
Shyue-Kung LU (National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology), Hao-Cheng JHENG (National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology), Masaki HASHIZUME (The Univ. of Tokushima), Jiun-Lang HUANG (National Taiwan University), Pony NING (Nanya Technology Corp.)
* Testing Disturbance Faults in Various NAND Flash Memories
Chih-Sheng HOU (National Central University), Jin-Fu LI (National Central University)
* An efficient method for the test of embedded memory cores during the operational phase
Paolo BERNARDI (Politecnico Di Torino), Lyl CIGANDA (Politecnico di Torino), Matteo SONZA REORDA (Politecnico Di Torino), Said HAMDIOUI (Delft University of Technology)
Session 10B   Automatic Test Pattern Generation
Chair: Virendra SINGH (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
* Functional Test Generation at the RTL Using Swarm Intelligence and Bounded Model Checking
Kelson GENT (Virginia Tech.), Michael S. HSIAO (Virginia Tech)
* Path Constraint Solving based Test Generation for Hard-to-reach States
Yanhong ZHOU (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Tiancheng WANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Tao LV (Chinese Academy of Sciences), HUAWEI LI (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaowei LI (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
* Accurate Multi-Cycle ATPG in Presence of X-Values
Dominik ERB (University of Freiburg), Michael KOCHTE (University of Stuttgart), Matthias SAUER (University of Freiburg), Hans-Joachim WUNDERLICH ((University of Stuttgart), Bernd BECKER (University of Freiburg)
1015 - 1045 Coffee Break
1045 - 1200 Session 11A   Process Variations
Chair: Shyue-Kung LU (National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology)
* Interplay of Failure Rate, Perfromance, and Test Cost in TCAM under Process Variations
Hsunwei HSIUNG (University of Southern California), Da CHENG (University of Southern California), Bin LIU (University of Southern California), Ramesh GOVINDAN (University of Southern California), Sandeep K. GUPTA (University of Southern California)
* Critical Paths Selection and Test Cost Reduction Considering Process Variations
Jifeng CHEN (University of Connecticut), Mohammad TEHRANIPOOR (University of Connecticut)
* A Region-Based Framework for Design Feature Identification of Systematic Process Variations
Shuo-You HSU (National Tsing Hua University), Chih-Hsiang HSU (National Tsing Hua University),  Ting-Shou HSU (National Tsing Hua University), Jing-Jia LIOU (National Tsing Hua University)
Session 11B   High-Speed I/O Testing
Chair: Haruo KOBAYASHI (Gunma University)
* An Active Test Fixture Approach for 40 Gbps and Above At-Speed Testing Using a Standard ATE System
Jose MOREIRA (Advantest), Bernhard ROTH (Advantest), Hubert WERKMANN (Advantest), Lars KLAPPROTH (SHF), Michael HOWIESON (TFT), Mark BROMAN (TFT), Wend OUEDRAOGO (TFT), Mitchell LIN (Broadcom)
* Enhanced Resolution Time-domain Reflectometry for High Speed Channels: Characterizing Spatial Discontinuities with Non-ideal Stimulus
Suvadeep BANERJEE (Georgia Institute of Technology), Hyun Woo CHOI (Georgia Institute of Technology), David C. Keezer (Georgia Institute of Technology), Abhijit CHATTERJEE (Georgia Institute of Technology)
* Time Domain Reconstruction of Incoherently Undersampled Periodic Waveforms Using Bandwidth Interleaving
Debesh BHATTA (Georgia Institute of Technology), Nicholas TZOU (Georgia Institute of Technology), Sen-Wen HSIAO (Georgia Institute of Technology), Abhijit CHATTERJEE (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Session 11C   Yield Enhancement and Security
Chair: Hiroyuki YOTSUYANAGI (University of Tokushima)
* An Efficient Test Methodology for Image Processing Applications Based on Error-Tolerance
Tong-Yu HSIEH (National Sun Yat-sen University), Yi-Han PENG (National Sun Yat-sen University), Chia-Chi KU (National Sun Yat-sen University)
* Securing Access to Reconfigurable Scan Networks
Rafal BARANOWSKI (University of Stuttgart), Michael A. KOCHTE (University of Stuttgart), Hans-Joachim WUNDERLICH (Universitat Stuttgart)
* A Die Selection and Matching Method with Two Stages for Yield Enhancement of 3-D Memories
Wooheon KANG (Yonsei University), Changwook LEE (Yonsei University), Keewon CHO (Yonsei Univesristy), Sungho KANG (Yonsei University)