Title :
A system for synthesis of sequential machines with built-in testability
Author :
Mitra, Biswadip ; Misra, Susanta ; Chaudhuri, P. Pal
Author_Institution :
Texas Instrum. Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
The authors present a novel mechanism for synthesizing easily testable sequential machines using cellular automata. This scheme has been used to synthesize several realistic designs and has also been applied to the MCNC benchmarks. Designs synthesized using this system have been observed to consistently result in very regular structures, reduced interconnects, and better speed and area performance than that in other systems. The system also has the major advantage of self-testability
Keywords :
built-in self test; finite automata; logic design; logic testing; sequential machines; MCNC benchmarks; built-in testability; cellular automata; interconnects; regular structures; self-testability; sequential machines; Automatic testing; Built-in self-test; Costs; Encoding; Instruments; Integrated circuit synthesis; Logic; Minimization; Sequential analysis; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE 1991
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0015-7
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1991.164007
