A dynamic communication strategy for the distributed ATPG system DPLATON

Author

Aguado, M.J. ; Miranda, M.A. ; de la Torre, E. ; López-Barrio, C.

Author_Institution

Telefonica, Madrid, Spain

fYear

1993

Firstpage

271

Lastpage

276

Abstract

The structure of the distributed computing ATPG system DPLATON is presented, with special emphasis on the distribution strategy basis and the communication structures implemented. The proposed system is based on a dynamic fault list partition criterion. The standard remote procedure call (RPC) and external data representation (XDR) mechanisms have been adapted to construct an efficient dynamic distributed implementation. Reduced test sets and important CPU time speedup factors are reported

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic testing; combinational circuits; distributed processing; fault location; logic partitioning; logic testing; CPU time speedup factors; DPLATON; combinational circuit; communication structures; distributed ATPG; dynamic communication strategy; dynamic distributed implementation; dynamic fault list partition criterion; external data representation; fault list distribution; standard remote procedure call; Automatic test pattern generation; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Distributed computing; Distribution strategy; Fault detection; System testing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference, 1993, with EURO-VHDL '93. Proceedings EURO-DAC '93., European

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4350-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURDAC.1993.410649

Filename

410649