This paper presents the DFT techniques used in Motorola's high perjormance e500 core, which implements the PowerPC "Book E" architecture and is designed to run at 600 MHz to I GHz. Highlights of the DFT features are atspeed logic built-in self-test (LBIST) for delay fault defection, very high test coverage for scan based at-speed deterministic delay-fault test patterns, 100% BIST for embedded memory arrays and 99.2% stuck-at fault test coverage for deterministic scan test patterns. A salient design feature is the isolation ring that facilitates testing of the core when if is integrated in an SoC or host processor.
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