Tessent EDT 之External flow与Internal Flow

EDT DFT结构设计可以大致分成两种：1）EDT跟core逻辑分开，即EDT External flow，这样core的DFT设计跟EDT没有关系，跟具体实现的工具关系也不大，只需要单纯的串成多条scan chain即可，core的设计难度降低，top-level的集成会难一点；2）EDT做在core内部，即EDT Internal flow，在core内部就把EDT逻辑做好了，这样core跟tessent EDT直接关联，core的设计难度会大一点。

You insert pads and I/O cells on this new top level. Because the EDT logic is outside the core design (that is, outside the netlist used in Tessent Shell), the tool flow you use to implement this configuration is referred to as the external EDT logic location flow, or simply the “external flow.”

Alternatively, you can invoke Tessent Shell and use a design that already contains I/O pads. For these designs, the tool enables you to insert the EDT logic block in the existing top level within the original design. Figure 1-4 shows this conceptually. Because the EDT logic is instantiated within the netlist used in Tessent Shell, this configuration is referred to as the internal EDT logic location flow or simply the “internal flow.”

 

By default, the tool automatically inserts lockup cells as needed in the EDT logic. They are placed within the EDT logic, between the EDT logic and the design core, and in the bypass circuitry that concatenates the scan chains.