Boundary scan with built-in self-test

The authors propose a way to merge boundary scan with the built-in self-test (BIST) of printed circuit boards. Their boundary-scan structure is based on Version 2.0 of the Joint Task Action Group´s recommendations for boundary scan and incorporates BIST using a register based on cellular automata (CA) techniques. They examine test patterns generated from this register and the more conventional linear-feedback shift register. The advantages of the CA register, or CAR, are its modularity, which allows modification without major redesign, its higher stuck-at fault coverage, and its higher transition fault coverage.<>