METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY LEVELS FOR USE IN AT-SPEED TESTING

摘要

In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for selecting voltage and frequency levels for use in at-speed testing. One embodiment of a method for selecting a set of test conditions with which to test an integrated circuit chip includes formulating a statistical optimization problem and obtaining a solution to the statistical optimization problem, where the solution is the set of test conditions.