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Assessing Fault Model and Test Quality
β Scribed by Kenneth M. Butler, M. Ray Mercer (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 141
- Series
- The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 157
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
For many years, the dominant fault model in automatic test pattern genΒ eration (ATPG) for digital integrated circuits has been the stuck-at fault model. The static nature of stuck-at fault testing when compared to the extremely dynamic nature of integrated circuit (IC) technology has caused many to question whether or not stuck-at fault based testing is still viable. Attempts at answering this question have not been wholly satisfying due to a lack of true quantification, statistical significance, and/or high computational expense. In this monograph we introduce a methodology to address the quesΒ tion in a manner which circumvents the drawbacks of previous approaches. The method is based on symbolic Boolean functional analyses using OrΒ dered Binary Decision Diagrams (OBDDs). OBDDs have been conjectured to be an attractive representation form for Boolean functions, although cases exΒ ist for which their complexity is guaranteed to grow exponentially with input cardinality. Classes of Boolean functions which exploit the efficiencies inherent in OBDDs to a very great extent are examined in Chapter 7. Exact equaΒ tions giving their OBDD sizes are derived, whereas until very recently only size bounds have been available. These size equations suggest that straightΒ forward applications of OBDDs to design and test related problems may not prove as fruitful as was once thought.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Fault Modeling....Pages 7-12
Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams....Pages 13-17
Automatic Test Pattern Generation....Pages 19-26
Defect Level....Pages 27-30
Test Performance Evaluation....Pages 31-33
OBDDs for Symmetric Functions....Pages 35-51
Difference Propagation....Pages 53-65
Fault Model Behavior....Pages 67-76
The Contributions of Controllability and Observability to Test....Pages 77-86
Analyzing Test Performance with the ATPG Model....Pages 87-100
Conclusions....Pages 101-103
Suggestions for Future Research....Pages 105-107
Back Matter....Pages 109-132
β¦ Subjects
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design; Electrical Engineering
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