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The Limits of Digital Testing for Dynamic Circuits
San Diego, California April 26-April 30
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VTEST.1999.7666431999 17TH IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
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Edmond S. Cooley, Dartmouth College
Dynamic circuits are faster and have a different circuit topology from their static counterparts. These topological differences require changes in fault modeling and test strategies. Digital testing, while adequate for static logic, misses numerous faults in dynamic circuits due to the implicit assumptions surrounding the stuck-at fault model. A fault model reduction technique was employed which simplifies large circuits without loss of information on the ways that circuits can fail. Numerous faults were singly inserted and possible faulty operation was analyzed. The faults missed by digital testing are detailed and alternative test strategies are discussed. In many cases significant dynamic circuit robustness is lost due to faults which are digitally undetectable.
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R. Dean Adams, Edmond S. Cooley, "The Limits of Digital Testing for Dynamic Circuits," vts, pp.28, 1999 17TH IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 1999
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