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13th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'04)
Testing for Missing-Gate Faults in Reversible Circuits
Kenting, Taiwan
November 15-November 17
ISBN: 0-7695-2235-1
John P. Hayes, University of Michigan and Albert-Ludwigs-University
Ilia Polian, Albert-Ludwigs-University
Bernd Becker, Albert-Ludwigs-University
Logical reversibility occurs in low-power applications and is an essential feature of quantum circuits. Of special interest are reversible circuits constructed from a class of reversible elements called k-CNOT (controllable NOT) gates. We review the characteristics of k-CNOT circuits and observe that traditional fault models like the stuck-at model may not accurately represent their faulty behavior or test requirements. A new fault model, the missing gate fault (MGF) model, is proposed to better represent the physical failure modes of quantum technologies. It is shown that MGFs are highly testable, and that all MGFs in an N-gate k-CNOT circuit can be detected with from one to ⌈N/2⌉ test vectors. A design-for-test (DFT) method to make an arbitrary circuit fully testable for MGFs using a single test vector is described. Finally, we present simulation results to determine (near) optimal test sets and DFT configurations for some benchmark circuits.
Index Terms:
Reversible circuits, quantum circuits, fault models, missing gate faults, design for test
Citation:
John P. Hayes, Ilia Polian, Bernd Becker, "Testing for Missing-Gate Faults in Reversible Circuits," ats, pp.100-105, 13th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'04), 2004
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