JOURNAL ARTICLE

An adaptive path delay fault diagnosis methodology [logic IC testing]

Abstract

A framework to adaptively perform delay fault diagnosis is introduced. We propose a methodology to perform diagnosis taking into account the effect of test vectors on the propagation delay along a path. An ATPG capable of generating test vectors that cannot be invalidated due to process variations in the submicron technology is used for diagnosis purposes. The proposed framework also has the ability to generate tests that can take care of delay faults induced by noise. Experimental results on the ISCAS'85 benchmarks shows the effectiveness of the proposed technique.

Keywords:
Automatic test pattern generation Delay calculation Path (computing) Computer science Fault (geology) Fault coverage Logic gate Process (computing) Noise (video) Algorithm Propagation delay Sequential logic Reliability engineering Computer engineering Electronic engineering Engineering Artificial intelligence Electronic circuit

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Topics

VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Hardware and Architecture
Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Low-power high-performance VLSI design
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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