• DocumentCode
    452038
  • Title

    DFBT: A Design-for-Testability Method Based on Balance Testing

  • Author

    Chakrabarty, Krishnendu ; Hayes, John P.

  • Author_Institution
    Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6-10 June 1994
  • Firstpage
    351
  • Lastpage
    357
  • Abstract
    We present design for balance testability (DFBT), a systematic signature-based method for enhancing the testability of logic circuits. DFBT employs balance testing and guarantees 100% coverage of single stuck-line faults, as well as many multiple stuck-line and bridging faults. The logic overhead of DFBT is modest|only one extra I/O pin and a small number of extra gates|and the original circuit need not be altered. We illustrate DFBT by applying it to representative logic circuits.
  • Keywords
    Automatic testing; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Counting circuits; Design for testability; Design methodology; Logic circuits; Logic testing; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation, 1994. 31st Conference on
  • ISSN
    0738-100X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-89791-653-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DAC.1994.204125
  • Filename
    1600398