International Business Machines Corporation

Timothy C Taylor

Mary Prilotski Kusko

Timothy Michael Skergan

James M Crafts

Hari Krishnan Rajeev

Todd L Cohen

Joseph E Dery

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for testing a microelectronic chip is described. The method may include dividing, via a processor running a scanning engine, a plurality of sections of the microelectronic chip. Each of the plurality of sections includes at least two latch sets in at least one scan chain. The method may further include determining, via the processor, based on the dividing, whether each of the plurality of sections fail a data test. The determining comprises interleaving the plurality of sections by scanning, via the processor, an alternating latch set from each scan chain in a first section, and scanning an alternating latch set from each scan chain in a second section.

Bitwise rotating scan section for microelectronic chip testing and diagnostics

A method of calibrating a thermal sensor includes setting a wafer to a control temperature. The wafer includes the thermal sensor and other chip logic. The method also includes applying power exclusively to a thermal sensor circuit, calibrating the thermal sensor, and storing a calibration result. The method also includes retrieving the calibration result upon application of power to the other chip logic.

Calibration of an on-die thermal sensor

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