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9th International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Mobile Communication
Statistical path delay fault coverage estimation for synchronous sequential circuits
Bangalore, INDIA
January 03-January 06
ISBN: 0-8186-7228-5
L. Pappu, CAIP Center, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
M.L. Bushnell, CAIP Center, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
V.D. Agrawal, CAIP Center, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
M.K. Srinivas, CAIP Center, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
We present the first technique to statistically estimate path delay-fault coverage for synchronous sequential circuits. We perform fault-free simulation using a multi-valued algebra and accumulate signal statistics, which we use to calculate path delay-fault coverage. The detectability of a path delay-fault is the product of observabilities from primary or pseudo-primary outputs to primary or pseudo-primary inputs, and the controllability on the corresponding primary or pseudo-primary inputs. We use the optimistic update rule of Bose et al. for updating latches during logic simulation. When compared with fault simulation results, the average error in statistical fault coverage using our technique is 2%. On average, the method accelerates fault coverage calculation two to five times over a delay-fault simulator, when all paths are considered.
Index Terms:
fault diagnosis; logic testing; sequential circuits; statistical analysis; observability; controllability; probability; delays; path delay fault coverage estimation; synchronous sequential circuits; statistical estimation; multi-valued algebra; signal statistics; observabilities; controllability; latch updating; logic simulation
Citation:
L. Pappu, M.L. Bushnell, V.D. Agrawal, M.K. Srinivas, "Statistical path delay fault coverage estimation for synchronous sequential circuits," vlsid, pp.290, 9th International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Mobile Communication, 1996
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