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Tenth International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Multimedia Applications
Deriving Signal Constraints to Accelerate Sequential Test Generation
Hyderabad, India
January 04-January 07
ISBN: 0-8186-7755-4
V. Gangaram, Comput. & Commun. Res. Labs., NEC USA, Princeton, NJ, USA
S. Rothweiler, Comput. & Commun. Res. Labs., NEC USA, Princeton, NJ, USA
We propose a new method to significantly accelerate sequential test generation algorithms. The main idea is to accurately compute signal constraints for large sequential circuits and use these constraints effectively during deterministic sequential test generation. Our signal constraint computation technique is based on three key Ideas: (1) unlike prior techniques (which compute line probabilities assuming only a 0 or 1 logic value for any signal), line probabilities are computed by allowing signals to assume values other than 0 or 1, (2) line justification techniques are employed to update line probabilities, and (3) symbolic simulation is iteratively used in conjunction with line probability computation and line justification to refine the set of values that a signal can assume. Experimental results on several large production and benchmark sequential circuits show that our technique results in a significant reduction (more than 50%) in the test generation time. This reduction is achieved without compromising the fault coverage that can be obtained by the base system. By incorporating our technique into the base system, we obtained higher fault coverage using fewer CPU seconds for a majority of example sequential circuits.
Index Terms:
fault diagnosis, sequential test generation algorithm acceleration, signal constraints, large sequential circuits, deterministic sequential test generation, signal constraint computation technique, line probabilities, line justification techniques, symbolic simulation, benchmark sequential circuits, test generation time reduction, fault coverage, production sequential circuits, truth table, 3-valued signal probabilities
Citation:
S.T. Chakradhar, V. Gangaram, S. Rothweiler, "Deriving Signal Constraints to Accelerate Sequential Test Generation," vlsid, pp.488, Tenth International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Multimedia Applications, 1997
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