Detonation mechanism of high explosives was concerned by researchers all over the world for a long time,and lots of researches were focus on the overdriven detonation (ODD) of double layer charges. The development of ODD in double layer charge was introduced. The theoretical models,numerical simulation and testing and observation results of ODD were reviewed. The application and some experimental techniques of ODD were specially addressed. Some research proposals on experimental techniques and theoretical model are made at the end of the paper.