Design for Testability - DFT
Optimize your team's designs with custom training in Design for Testability (DFT) from Maven Silicon, developing strategies for building robust and testable VLSI circuits.
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Course Overview
Welcome to the Design for Testability (DFT) course, where you'll gain valuable insights into testing strategies and methodologies in the VLSI domain. This module covers Intro to Testing, Fault Collapsing, ATPG, Fault Simulation, DFT Basics, Scan Insertion & Test Compression, Boundary Scan & BIST, and various miscellaneous concepts. The Tessent Shell Overview and DFT Labs provide hands-on experiences to enhance your practical skills. The course includes a pre-assessment test to gauge your understanding before delving into the intricacies of DFT. Be prepared to explore advanced digital design concepts, Verilog HDL, and RISC-V ISA & RV32I RTL Design in subsequent modules for a holistic VLSI learning journey.
Course Curriculum
6 Subjects
DFT - Pre Assessment
1 Exercises •
Pre Assessment Test
Pre Assessment Test : Digital
Exercise
Advanced Digital Design
24 Exercises • 54 Learning Materials
Why Semiconductors?
Why Semiconductors?
Video
10:53
Semiconductor Supply Chain
Semiconductor Supply CHain
Video
12:31
Semiconductor Ecosystem
Semiconductor Ecosystem
Video
13:34
AI-driven Semiconductor Industry
AI-Driven
Video
7:21
Knowledge Check - Semiconductor Industry
Exercise
Introduction to VLSI & SoC Design
Electronic System
Video
26:43
Smartphone - SoC - Architecture
Video
9:55
SoC Design
Video
16:59
ASIC Vs FPGA
Video
12:7
Knowledge Check : Introduction to VLSI
Exercise
ASIC Design Flow
ASIC Design Flow - Part-1 (Specification)
Video
13:4
ASIC Design Flow - Part-2 (Architecture to RTL Design)
Video
9:32
ASIC Design Flow - Part-3 (Verification to Gate Level Simulation)
Video
9:5
ASIC Design Flow - Part-4 (DFT to STA)
Video
10:7
ASIC Design Flow - Part-5 (Layout to GDS - II and AMS Flow)
Video
14:3
Introduction To Digital Electronics
Introduction to Digital Electronics
Video
13:26
Number System and Codes
Number Systems and Codes - Basics
Video
37:45
Knowledge Check : Number systems-1
Exercise
Number Systems
Video
27:9
Codes
Video
10:9
Knowledge Check : Number system and Codes-2
Exercise
Logic Circuits
Logic Circuits
Video
55:7
Knowledge Check : Logic Circuits and Boolean Algebra-1
Exercise
Boolean Algebra & Logic Gates
Video
50:14
Knowledge Check : Logic Circuits and Boolean Algebra-2
Exercise
Combinational Circuits - Basics
Combinational Circuits - I
Video
28:25
Knowledge check : Combinational Circuits Basics-1
Exercise
Combinational Circuits - II
Video
44:8
Knowledge Check : Combinational Circuits Basics-2
Exercise
Combinational Logic Circuits - Advanced
Combinational Logic Circuits
Video
21:8
Combinational Logic Circuits - Delays
Video
9:11
Encoders, decoders and Magnitude Comparators
Video
11:41
Knowledge Check : Combinational Circuits Advanced-1
Exercise
Multiplexers and Demultiplexers
Video
18:58
Universal Logic Gates and Tristate Buffers
Video
8:37
Summary & Knowledge Check
Video
25:42
Knowledge Check : Combinational Circuits Advanced -2
Exercise
Sequential Circuits - Basics
Sequential Circuits - I
Video
40:58
Knowledge Check : Sequential Circuits Basics -1
Exercise
Sequential Circuits - II
Video
45:15
Knowledge Check : Sequential Circuits Basics-2
Exercise
Sequential Circuits - Advanced
Sequential Circuits - Latches & Flipflops
Video
25:19
Flipflops - Excitation Tables and Conversion Techniques
Video
13:16
Knowledge Check : Sequential Circuits Advanced -1
Exercise
Registers & Counters
Video
37:19
Sequence Generators & Frequency dividers
Video
26:2
Knowledge Check : Sequential Circuits Advanced -2
Exercise
Finite State Machine FSM - Basics
FSM
Video
37:39
Knowledge Check : FSM
Exercise
FSM - Advanced
Finite State Machines - Part - 1
Video
27:44
Finite State Machines - Part - 2
Video
21:43
Knowledge Check : Finite State Machines
Exercise
Memories
Memories
Video
25:54
Knowledge Check Memories -1
Exercise
Memories & PLD
Video
29:45
Knowledge Check : Memories, Glitches and PLD)
Exercise
Static Timing Analysis - STA : Introduction
Why & What is Timing Analysis?
Video
7:40
Types of Timing Analysis
Video
10:22
False Paths & Multi Cycle Paths
Video
19:36
STA in Design Flow
Video
5:24
Knowledge Check : Introduction to STA
Exercise
STA: Clock
Clock - Part -1
Video
17:35
Clock - Part - 2
Video
17:41
Knowledge Check - Clock
Exercise
STA : Timing Parameters
Timing Parameters in STA - Part-1
Video
15:49
Timing Parameters in STA - Part-2
Video
13:58
Timing Parameters in STA - Part-3
Video
10:24
Knowledge Check - Timing analysis Procedure
Exercise
STA: Timing Analysis Procedure
Timing Analysis on Sequential Circuits - Part-1
Video
18:30
Timing Analysis on Sequential Circuits - Part-2
Video
12:48
STA Procedure
Video
10:27
Knowledge Check - Timing analysis Procedure
Exercise
STA : Techniques to Improve Timing
Different Techniques to improve timing
Video
12:51
Knowledge Check - Techniques to Improve Timing
Exercise
Feedback Form
Feedback Form
External Link
Reference Books
STA Reference Book
PDF
Advanced Digital Reference Book
PDF
Module Test : Digital & STA
Module Test : Digital & STA
Exercise
Verilog HDL
12 Exercises • 43 Learning Materials
Introduction to Verilog HDL
Setting Expectations - Course Agenda
Video
12:1
Introduction to Verilog HDL
Video
23:59
Knowledge Check - Introduction to Verilog HDL
Exercise
Verilog HDL Reference Material
Verilog HDL Reference Book
PDF
Verilog HDL - Quick Reference Guide
PDF
Data Types
Data Types
Video
30:4
Knowledge Check - Data Types
Exercise
Verilog Operators
Verilog Operators
Video
30:6
Knowledge Check - Verilog Operators
Exercise
Verilog for Verification
Verilog for Verification
Video
29:7
Knowledge Check - Verilog for Verification
Exercise
Assignments
Assignments
Video
23:21
Knowledge Check - Assignments
Exercise
Structured Proceedures
Structured Procedures
Video
20:31
Knowledge Check - Structured Procedures
Exercise
Synthesis Coding Styles
Synthesis Coding Style
Video
20:59
Knowledge Check - Synthesis Coding Style
Exercise
Finite State Machine
Finite State Machine
Video
16:19
Knowledge Check - Finite State Machine
Exercise
Compiler Directive
Compiler Directive
Video
17:27
Summary
Verilog HDL Summary
Video
23:58
Verilog RTL Coding Examples
Video
28:40
Verilog Labs
Verilog Lab Manual
PDF
Verilog Lab Manual - Synopsys VCS, Verdi and DesignCompiler
PDF
Solution to Verilog Lab 01
Video
22:2
Solution to Verilog Lab 02
Video
17:12
Solution to Verilog Lab 03
Video
11:57
Solution to Verilog Lab 04
Video
16:4
Solution to Verilog Lab 05
Video
19:10
Solution to Verilog Lab 06
Video
16:25
Advanced Verilog
Timescale system task & localparm
Video
14:48
Generate block & Continuous Procedural Assignments
Video
18:37
Self checking testbench and Automatic Tasks
Video
15:34
Named Events and Stratified Event Queue
Video
19:56
Knowledge Check- Advance Verilog 1
Exercise
Knowledge Check- Advance Verilog 2
Exercise
Advanced Verilog Reference Book
Advanced Verilog - Reference Book
PDF
Code Coverage
Definition of Code Coverage
Video
6:54
Condition & Expression Coverage
Video
7:6
Statement and branch coverage
Video
7:17
Toggle & FSM Coverage
Video
7:47
Questasim commands for Code Coverage
Video
11:26
Makefile for Simulations
Video
8:36
Knowledge Check-Code Coverage 1
Exercise
Code Coverage - Reference Book
Code Coverage Reference Book
PDF
Advanced Verilog & code Coverage - Labs
Advanced Verilog Lab Solutions Lab 1 & 2
Video
19:5
Code Coverage Lab Solutions Lab 3, 4 & 5
Video
25:16
Advanced Verilog & Code Coverage Lab Manual - Questasim
PDF
Advanced Verilog and Code Coverage Lab Manual - Synopsys VCS
PDF
Extra Reference Books
Logic Synthesis using DesignCompiler - Reference Book
PDF
Linting using VC Spyglass - Reference Book
PDF
Tcl Scripting - Reference Book
PDF
Python Scripting - Reference Book
PDF
CDC Concepts - Reference Book
PDF
Module Test : Verilog HDL
Module test : Verilog
Exercise
Design for Testability - DFT
6 Exercises • 52 Learning Materials
Reference Books
DFT Theory - Reference Book
PDF
Tessent Shell
PDF
Intro to Testing
Introduction to Testing and DFT
Video
12:51
Verification vs Testing
Video
3:12
Faults and Types of Testing
Video
7:40
Levels of Testing
Video
5:52
Fault Modelling
Video
11:38
Knowledge check: Introduction to testing
Exercise
Fault Collapsing
Fault Collapsing Part-1
Video
7:23
Fault Collapsing Part-2
Video
5:20
Fault Collapsing Part-3
Video
5:24
Introduction to ATPG
Introduction to ATPG
Video
4:56
Combinational ATPG
Video
5:20
D-Algorithm
Video
7:13
Fault Classes and Fault Simulation
Fault Classes
Video
14:45
Additional Fault Models part-1
Video
11:46
Additional Fault Models part-2
Video
8:2
Fault Simulation
Video
10:34
Knowledge check: Fault modelling
Exercise
DFT - Basics
What is DFT?
Video
9:50
Classification of DFT Techniques
Video
7:38
Structured DFT Techniques
Video
3:25
Knowledge check: DFT techniques
Exercise
Scan Insertion & Test Compression
Scan Insertion Part - 1
Video
7:17
Scan Insertion Part - 2
Video
3:4
Scan Insertion Part - 3
Video
4:44
Scan Insertion Part - 4
Video
5:38
Hierachical DFT Flow
Video
7:25
Test Compression
Video
14:51
Knowledge check: DFT techniques
Exercise
Boundary Scan & BIST
Boundary Scan
Video
33:00
JTAG vs IJTAG
Video
10:5
Introduction to BIST, LBIST & MBIST
Video
19:59
Knowledge check: DFT techniques
Exercise
Miscellaneous Concepts
Design Rule Checks
Video
3:4
How to improve Test Coverage
Video
4:21
Fault Diagnosis
Video
2:38
Tessent Shell Overview
Intro to Tessent
Video
3:37
System Modes
Video
3:13
TSDB Overview
Video
5:23
Knowledge check: Tessent shell
Exercise
Feedback Form
Feedback Form
External Link
DFT - Labs
DFT - Lab Manual
PDF
Solution to Lab 01
Video
10:32
Solution to Lab 02
Video
4:56
Solution to Lab 03
Video
5:12
Solution to Lab 04
Video
4:20
Solution to Lab 05
Video
2:22
Solution to Lab 06
Video
7:15
Solution to Lab 07
Video
6:49
Solution to Lab 08
Video
4:2
Solution to Lab 09
Video
8:23
Solution to Lab 10
Video
5:29
Solution to Lab 11
Video
5:23
Solution to Lab 12
Video
3:4
Solution to Lab 13
Video
9:57
Solution to Lab 14
Video
12:30
Solution to Lab 15
Video
7:25
RISC-V ISA & RV32I RTL Design
1 Exercises • 24 Learning Materials
RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture
RISC-V Overview
Video
9:42
RISC-V Open ISA Part-1 - (Introduction to Various ISA's and Extensions of RISC-V)
Video
12:17
RISC-V Open ISA Part-2 (SoC architecture based on RISC-V ISA)
Video
9:15
RISC-V ISA Part-1 ( introduction)
Video
10:43
RISC-V ISA Part-2 ( RISC-V Registers and Modes)
Video
15:58
RISC-V ISA Part-3 ( introduction to Privileged Architecture)
Video
20:42
Base ISA
Video
15:6
RV32I Base Instructions(R & I type)
Video
23:9
RV32I Base Instructions(S & B Type)
Video
23:30
RV32I Base Instructions(J Type)
Video
15:19
RV32I Base Instructions (U type)
Video
17:11
RISC-V RV32I RTL Architecture Design
RISC-V Execution Stages and Flow
Video
8:36
RISC-V Register File and RV32I Instructions Format
Video
12:52
RV32I R Type ALU Datapath
Video
9:29
RV32I I Type ALU Datapath
Video
6:33
RV32I S Type ALU Datapath - Load & Store
Video
13:4
RV32I B Type ALU Datapath
Video
8:23
RV32I J Type ALU Datapath JAL & JALR
Video
9:26
RV32I U Type ALU Datapath and Summary
Video
10:18
RISC-V RV32I 5 Stage Pipelined RTL Design
CPU Performance and RISC-V 5 Stage Pipeline Overview
Video
15:12
RISC-V 5 Stage Pipeline Data Hazards & Design Approach
Video
16:3
RISC-V 5 Stage Pipeline Control Hazards & Design Approach
Video
13:51
RISC-V RV32I Reference Guide
RISC-V RV32I Quick Reference Guide
PDF
Feedback Form
Feedback Form
External Link
Final Test: RISC - V design
RISC-V design
Exercise
RISC-V Project - DFT
3 Learning Materials
RISC-V Specification
The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual
PDF
MSRV32I Core Design Specification
PDF
RISC-V RV32I Quick Reference Guide
RISC-V RV32I - Quick Reference Guide for Instrcutions
PDF
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