Silicon Test and Yield Analysis

The Tessent® Product Suite

Tessent combines features of deterministic scan testing, embedded pattern compression, built-in self test, specialized embedded memory test and repair, and boundary scan, as well as board and system-level test technologies.

The Tessent product suite provides comprehensive silicon test and yield analysis solutions that address the challenges of manufacturing test, debug, and yield ramp for today’s SoCs. Built on the foundation of the best-in-class solutions for each test discipline, Tessent brings them together in a powerful test flow that ensures total chip coverage.

Steve Pateras at DAC 2012

Steve Pateras at DAC 2012

Interview with Mentor Graphics' Steve Pateras at DAC 2012.

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Tessent TestKompress with Cell-Aware Testing
Mentor Graphics

"Cell-aware" automatic test pattern generation is being used to find the defects that occur within cells. Tessent TestKompress automates the analysis of cell libraries with a tool called CellModelGen and a language for creating user-defined fault models. This cell-aware methodology uses the physical characterization of cells to generate test patterns deterministically for potential defect locations.
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Mentor Graphics Training

We have training courses available for Tessent & Calibre products in our training centers around the world, online, or at your site.

Tessent Support for Testing 3D-ICs

(PDF, 756kb) Test 3D-ICs today with available Tessent technology View Datasheet

Tessent Comprehensive Solution for Silicon Test and Yield Analysis

(PDF, 460kb) Complete Silicon Test Solution
The Mentor Graphics Tessent® product suite provides a comprehensive silicon test and yield analysis platform that addresses the challenges of manufacturing... View Datasheet

Tessent IJTAG—Automation of the IEEE P1687 Standard

(PDF, 963kb) The Mentor Graphics Tessent® IJTAG solution delivers comprehensive automation support for implementing the IEEE P1687 standard, providing plug-and-play IP test and instrumentation integration. View Datasheet

Tessent Silicon Test & Yield Analysis Solution

Logic Test

Mentor Graphics offers the industry’s most powerful suite of logic test solutions with more than a decade, and thousands of tape-outs, of successful high-quality test using both compression and vectorless approaches.

Memory Test

Tessent® memory test solutions include comprehensive test and diagnostic capabilities to address the quality requirements of new process nodes and memory designs as well as comprehensive repair analysis and self-repair capabilities.

Mixed-Signal Test

The Tessent® mixed-signal test solutions are vendor- and ATE-independent, addressing the growing number of SerDes interfaces and PLLs on today’s SoC designs.

Silicon Learning

The Tessent® silicon learning products increase productivity during critical silicon validation and yield ramp phases, providing solutions for test bring-up, silicon characterization, diagnosis-driven yield analysis, and failure analysis.

White Papers

Automated Test Creation for Mixed Signal IP using IJTAG

The creation of test patterns for mixed signal IP has been, to a large extent, a manual effort. To improve the process used to test, access, and control embedded IP, the new IEEE P1687 standard 1 is being... View White Paper

Ready for 3D-IC

This technical presentation describes the challenges and Mentor's solutions for verifying and testing IC designs targeted for 3D packages, such as stacked die using TSVs or multi-die packages using silicon... View White Paper

Low Power Test

Today’s advanced integrated circuit (IC) designs are increasing in complexity, with their seemingly endless progression to smaller geometries, ever increasing integration between analog and digital... View White Paper

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Tessent Product Suite Overview

Built on the foundation of the best-in-class test tools for each test discipline, Tessent® brings these solutions together in a powerful test platform that ensures total chip coverage. View Technology Overview

Optimizing Yield and Performance in a Nanometer World

Optimize Yield and Performance in a Nanometer World View Technology Overview

Mentor Graphics support of ARM IP

This video is an overview of the partnership between ARM® and Tessent®, Mentor Graphics silicon test solutions product group. Tessent and ARM co-developed support for the ARM shared bus where MemoryBIST... View Technology Overview