Our investigative work into the true nature of IO timing failures informed us of the current state of the art testing and the likely source of defects. The challenge to test the timings without using the traditional ATE approach was on. We even had an approach- stressing the timings on the die and self-compare. To…
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Proving You Can Find a Needle: From the Weak Write Test Mode Saga
Needles don’t occur in every haystack. Suppose you have developed a new method to detect a needle. Now prove it! Easy, you say—just toss some needles into a haystack and go find them. I faced this scenario with proving that Weak Write Test Mode would work. Two things needed to be proved: Did the new…
Of TRS80s, PDP11s and Antennas: My First Technical Document
For an engineer, I’m weird; I like to document. Not sure if the challenge of communicating to others motivates the problem solver in me, or if it’s the yearning for precise language. My Dad certainly instilled the need for precise language in me and my siblings. When we worked on maintaining the family cars he…