• DocumentCode
    1135898
  • Title

    Controllability and Fault Observability in Modular Combinational Circuits

  • Author

    Cerny, Eduard

  • Author_Institution
    University of Montreal
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    896
  • Lastpage
    903
  • Abstract
    An extension of a methodology based on Boolean equations to fault detection in modular combinational networks is described. The resulting method allows for the use of cataloged module tests, and it is applicable under the single-faulty-module constraint. The conceptual and computational framework is rather simple, and it is independent of any particular data structure for representing Boolean functions.
  • Keywords
    Boolean equations; characteristic functions; combinational networks; fault detection; modular circuits; Boolean functions; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Controllability; Electrical fault detection; Equations; Fault detection; Intelligent networks; Observability; Boolean equations; characteristic functions; combinational networks; fault detection; modular circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1978.1674968
  • Filename
    1674968