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Assessing Fault Model and Test Quality

✍ 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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✦ 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.

✦ 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

✦ Subjects


Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design; Electrical Engineering


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