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Sixth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'97)
Memory Efficient ATPG for Path Delay Faults
Akita, JAPAN
November 17-November 18
ISBN: 0-8186-8209-4
Wangning Long, Tsinghua University
Shiyuan Yang, Tsinghua University
Zhongcheng Li, Chinese Academy of Science
Yinghua Min, Chinese Academy of Science
A memory efficient test pattern generator for path delay faults, DTPG, is presented in this paper, which uses the efficient path identifier to represent a path. A compact bit table, path information table, is proposed to store test information efficiently. Furthermore, DTPG is capable of identifying functional sensitizable paths, which account for large percent of paths in many circuits. The experimental results show that DTPG is memory efficient. It generates tests for C3540 with 57 million paths and preserves the testability information for all paths. Experimental results show the influence of stepwise mandatory sensitization, multiple backtrace, and backtracking limits on the cpu time consumed by delay test generation process.
Index Terms:
Automatic Test Generation, Delay Testing, IC Testing, Path Sensitization
Citation:
Wangning Long, Shiyuan Yang, Zhongcheng Li, Yinghua Min, "Memory Efficient ATPG for Path Delay Faults," ats, pp.326, Sixth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'97), 1997
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