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9th International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Mobile Communication
Design for high-speed testability of stuck-at faults
Bangalore, INDIA
January 03-January 06
ISBN: 0-8186-7228-5
T.J. Chakraborty, AT&T Bell Labs., Princeton, NJ, USA
V.D. Agrawal, AT&T Bell Labs., Princeton, NJ, USA
When tests are applied at the maximum allowable clock frequency or the rated speed, delays of critical paths can be comparable to the clock period. Hence, delayed signal transitions or timing hazards can influence the detection of faults. It is thus possible that a stuck-at fault that is detected by a test applied at slow speed, may not be detected with high speed test application. This paper makes two new contributions. First, we present a new multivalue algebra and a comprehensive test generation algorithm for the previously described dh-robust tests for stuck-at faults. These tests guarantee fault detection at any clock speed up to the rated clock speed of the circuit even when a delay fault is also present. Second, we identify that presence of sequential feedbacks and reconvergent fanouts as the primary obstacle in obtaining the dh-robust tests for a sequential circuits. We propose cycle-free sequential circuits, which may be obtained by partial scan, if necessary, as the design for high-speed testability.
Index Terms:
fault diagnosis; logic testing; sequential circuits; design for testability; logic design; delays; design for high-speed testability; stuck-at fault detection; signal transition; timing hazard; multivalue algebra; test generation algorithm; dh-robust test; critical path delay; sequential feedback; reconvergent fanout; cycle-free sequential circuit; partial scan
Citation:
T.J. Chakraborty, V.D. Agrawal, "Design for high-speed testability of stuck-at faults," vlsid, pp.53, 9th International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Mobile Communication, 1996
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