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EPSRC Reference: GR/L98404/01
Title: A DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE APPROACH FOR HIGH RELIABILITY HIGH DEPENDABILITY & SAFETY CRITICAL MICROSYSTEMS.
Principal Investigator: Richardson, Professor A
Other Investigators:
Dorey, Professor A Peyton, Professor A
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Druck Ltd Pre Nexus Migration Talisman Wren
Department: Engineering
Organisation: Lancaster University
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 July 1998 Ends: 31 December 2001 Value (£): 236,856
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. Intelligent Measurement Sys.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing
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The primary obstacles to mass market introduction of intelligent integrated sensors, particularly for safety critical applications are manufacturing costs and the need for assured reliability. This project addresses both these issues by investigating, developing and validating new techniques for test integration and validation including fault extraction, fault modelling and fault simulation techniques for single and multi-chip smart sensors.In addition the project will conceptualise and prototype a new test support environment, new design for testability techniques and validate the work through the design of a commercial sensor interface ASIC with state-of-the-art test and data validation functions.The work will build on advances in built-in self test and fault simulation for mixed signal and analogue integrated circuits by aiming to solve the key issues required to extend these techniques to the smart sensor domain by targeting problems related to micromechanical structures, the mechatronic interface and the integration of techniques into tools developed for integrated circuits.The project will then be supported by Druck UK (45K direct, 30K in-kind), Austria MikroSystems International and Talisman Wren (9K in-kind). The project demonstrator will be an interface ASIC for an already available RTP sensor.
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