Title :
Space compaction under generalized mergeability
Author :
Das, Sunil R. ; Petriu, Emil M. ; Barakat, Tony F. ; Assaf, Mansour H. ; Nayak, Amiya R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Generalized mergeability criteria for merging an arbitrary number of output sequences have been established under conditions of stochastic dependence and independence of line errors. In this paper, the authors report experimental results on ISCAS 85 benchmark circuits which were targeted for space compaction using these generalized mergeability criteria
Keywords :
VLSI; automatic test pattern generation; built-in self test; circuit complexity; combinational circuits; data compression; fault simulation; integrated circuit testing; logic simulation; merging; sequences; AND gates; ATALANTA; BIST; COMPACTEST; FSIM; ISCAS 85 benchmark circuits; OR gates; XOR gates; arbitrary number of output sequences; combinational circuits; fault simulation; generalized mergeability criteria; line errors; logic function; logic simulation; pseudorandom test sets; space compaction; stochastic dependence; stochastic independence; test sequences; tree structure; Automatic testing; Built-in self-test; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Compaction; Logic testing; Merging; Space technology; Stochastic processes; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on