• DocumentCode
    3288605
  • Title

    On fault deletion problem in concurrent fault simulation for synchronous sequential circuits

  • Author

    Kim, Kyuchull ; Sajuja, K.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    7-9 April 1992
  • Firstpage
    125
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    A method for improving the performance of concurrent fault simulators for combinational and synchronous sequential circuits is proposed. The paper identifies two causes of inefficiencies and a simple and uniform method to eliminate them. A simulator, FASTS, based on the method proposed in the paper is implemented and it is shown that FASTS outperforms the existing concurrent simulation methods proposed in literature.<>
  • Keywords
    combinatorial circuits; fault location; logic CAD; logic testing; sequential circuits; FASTS; combinational circuits; concurrent fault simulation; fault deletion problem; synchronous sequential circuits; Automatic testing; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Fault detection; Sequential analysis; Sequential circuits; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Test Symposium, 1992. '10th Anniversary. Design, Test and Application: ASICs and Systems-on-a-Chip', Digest of Papers., 1992 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Atlantic City, NJ, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0623-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTEST.1992.232736
  • Filename
    232736