• DocumentCode
    3154674
  • Title

    A Heuristic Chip-Level Test Generation Algorithm

  • Author

    Barclay, Daniel S. ; Armstrong, James R.

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    29-2 June 1986
  • Firstpage
    257
  • Lastpage
    262
  • Abstract
    An algorithm is given for generating tests from chip-level functional descriptions. The algorithm uses a chip-level fault model to define faults and fault sensitization requirements, and uses the hardware description language (HDL) definition to solve for the test vector. Artificial intelligence techniques of goal trees and rule databases are used to implement the algorithm in ProLog. The goal types and solving strategies are outlined. The current, partial ProLog implementation is discussed.
  • Keywords
    Artificial intelligence; Automatic testing; Automation; Computational modeling; Databases; Hardware design languages; Pins; Signal processing algorithms; Very high speed integrated circuits; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation, 1986. 23rd Conference on
  • ISSN
    0738-100X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-0702-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DAC.1986.1586098
  • Filename
    1586098