 The IEEE 1500 standard provides a standard interface to create an isolation boundary

between a core to be tested and the logic external to the core

 The isolation boundary consists of wrapper cells which are inserted for each functional
input and output port on the core.

 Wrapper Boundary Registers (WBR) that consist of one or more wrapper cells which
interface the core functional ports to the chip
 A mandatory Wrapper Serial Input (WSI) pin, Wrapper Serial Output (WSO) pin, and a
set of Wrapper Serial Control (WSC) pins.
 The Wrapper Bypass Register (WBY) is the IEEE 1500 register that provides an
abbreviated data register between wrapper serial input (WSI) and wrapper serial output
(WSO).
 The Wrapper Instruction Register (WIR) is the IEEE 1500 register used to serially load
and store IEEE 1500 instructions.
1500 wrapper architecture can operate in three types of modes

INTEST

 Enable testing of the core logic via the core test wrapper
 Block data signals external to the core at the wrapped input ports

 Allow guarding of core outputs (using the wog signal) since logic external to the core should not
be affected
EXTEST

 Enable testing of the interconnect wiring and logic outside the core

 Block data signals generated internal to the core at wrapped output ports
  Allow guarding of core inputs (using the wig signal) since core logic should not be affected

Wrapper disable modes

 Disable wrapper logic enabling full core testing assuming full pin access and control
 Allow normal functional operation
Input Wrapper Cells:

Output Wrapper Cells:

Dedicated wrappers cells INTEST:

Shared Wrapper Cells

Conditions to statisfy Flop to become shared wrapper cell:
 There has to be at least one flop in the fanin/fanout cone.
 The logic in the fanin/fanout cone should be completely defined; there cannot not be
any black boxes or abstract cells.
 Should be a scan mapped flop
 Should pass the DFT rule checker
 Should have a unique functional connection, that is, only either Q or QB should be
functionally connected.
 Cannot be part of any other scan chains
 Cannot be part of any other scan segment other than pre-existing wrapper segments
 Cannot be preserved (preserve or inherited_preserve attributes cannot be true or
size_ok)

Differece between JTAG and Wrapper:

 JTAG is Seral IN Serial OUT
 Wrapper is Serial In , Parallel Out