On-line BIST and diagnosis of FPGA interconnect using roving STARs
Charles E. Stroud, M. Lashinsky, John W. Nall, John M. Emmert, M. Abramovici · 2002
Presents the first on-line BIST and BIST-based diagnostic approach for the programmable interconnect resources in FPGAs. This interconnect BIST is used in the roving STARs approach. The technique provides a complete BIST of the programmable interconnect followed by high-resolution diagnostics to support reconfiguration around the fault for fault-tolerant applications. We have successfully implemented this BIST approach on the ORCA 2C series FPGA and present the results of testing and diagnosing known defective FPGAs.