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26th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (vts 2008)
Synthesis for Broadside Testability of Transition Faults
April 27-May 01
ISBN: 0-7695-3123-7
We describe a synthesis-for-testability approach targeting broadside testing of transition faults. We refer to this process as synthesis for broadside testability. Unlike design-for-testability (DFT) procedures that require additional control inputs to implement DFT modes of operation, synthesis for broadside testability uses only the standard scan design and relies on broadside tests to detect target faults. The proposed procedure improves the testability of a circuit by changing next-states of state-transitions from its unreachable states, i.e., states that the circuit cannot enter during functional operation. In this way, it replaces broadside tests of the original circuit with new broadside tests that are more effective in detecting target faults.
Index Terms:
broadside tests, full-scan circuits, standard scan, test synthesis, transition faults.
Citation:
Irith Pomeranz, Sudhakar M. Reddy, "Synthesis for Broadside Testability of Transition Faults," vts, pp.221-226, 26th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (vts 2008), 2008
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