Eighth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'99)
A Fault Partitioning Method in Parallel Test Generation for Large Scale VLSI Circuits
Shanghai, China
November 16-November 18
ISBN: 0-7695-0315-2
Firstly, we propose a method in theory about how to increase the speed-up ratio in parallel test generation based on fault partitioning. Based on the method a new fault partitioning approach - Backward Fault Partitioning based on Output fan-in Cones (BFPOC) - is presented, which combines the relevant fault identification and shortest path sensitization. Then, BFPOC is compared via experiments with the approach of Toward Fault Partitioning based on Input fan-out Cones (TFPIC) proposed by Banejee and the widely used method - Equal Distance Partitioning of Fault Sequence (EDPFS) respectively. The results show that in large-scale parallel processing environment, BOPOC can obtain higher speed-up ratio than the other two approaches.
Index Terms:
Parallel Test Generation, Fault Parallelism, Fault Partitioning, Output Fan-in Cones, Input Fan-out Cones, Speed-up Ratio
Citation:
Zhide Zeng, Jihua Chen, Pengxia Liu, "A Fault Partitioning Method in Parallel Test Generation for Large Scale VLSI Circuits," ats, pp.133, Eighth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'99), 1999