Guys/Gals, We have recently come across an issue where we are at a bit of a = cross-roads and I would like some advice please. Currently we are working on relatively tightly constrained designs where propagation speeds and edge rates are important. We also want to design these products so that they can be mass-produced. Since mass production testers use a bed-of-nails kind of test we have traditionally been = adding test vias on all of our signals (35 mil pad expsed on the solder side of = the PCB). Here's the issue: Since we have tight constraints (area and speed) I am reluctant to add test vias on these nets. Obviously this affects the testability of products. I would like to know what other people/companies do about this issue. = Is the cost just factored into the yeild loss or are there other exotic ways of doing testability on these nets (JTAG is not an option for us BTW) ? Thanks, Gareth. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu