Compact two-pattern test set generation for combinational and full scan circuits
İlker Hamzaoğlu, J.H. Patel
Abstract
İlker Hamzaoğlu, J.H. Patel
Abstract
This paper presents two algorithms for generating compact test sets for combinational and full scan circuits under the transition and CMOS stuck-open fault models; Redundant Vector Elimination (RVE) and Essential Fault Reduction (EFR). These algorithms together with the dynamic compaction algorithm are incorporated into an advanced ATPG system for combinational circuits, called MinTest. The test sets generated by MinTest are 30% smaller than the previously published two-pattern test set compaction results for the ISCAS85 and full scan version of the ISCAS89 benchmark circuits.
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This paper presents two algorithms for generating compact test sets for combinational and full scan circuits under the transition and CMOS stuck-open fault models; Redundant Vector Elimination (RVE) and Essential Fault Reduction (EFR). These algorithms together with the dynamic compaction algorithm are incorporated into an advanced ATPG system for combinational circuits, called MinTest. The test sets generated by MinTest are 30% smaller than the previously published two-pattern test set compaction results for the ISCAS85 and full scan version of the ISCAS89 benchmark circuits.
Key concepts: Combinational logic, Automatic test pattern generation, Benchmark (surveying), Test set, Test vector, Test compression, Computer science, Algorithm