We present a high-level synthesis method that considers weak testability of generated register-transfer level (RTL) data paths, as well as their area and performance. The weak testability, proposed in our previous work, is a testability measure of RTL data paths for non-scan design. We introduce a design objective for weak testability that is a condition on resource sharing sufficient for weak testability. We propose a heuristic synthesis algorithm that generates a weakly testable data path while minimizing area under a performance constraint.
Citation:
Michiko Inoue, Takeshi Higashimura, Kenji Noda, Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Hideo Fujiwara, "A High-Level Synthesis Method for Weakly Testable Data Paths," ats, pp.40, Seventh Asian Test Symposium (ATS'98), 1998