A.K. Majhi, Dept. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
J. Jacob, Dept. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
L.M. Patnaik, Dept. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
V.D. Agrawal, Dept. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
The new test pattern generation system for path delay faults in combinational logic circuits considers robust and nonrobust tests, simultaneously. Once a robust test is obtained for a path with a given transition, another test for the same path with the opposite transition is immediately derived with a small extra effort. To facilitate the simultaneous consideration of robust and nonrobust tests, we derive a new nine-value logic system. An efficient multiple backtrace procedure satisfies test generation objectives. We also use a path selection method which covers all lines in the logic circuit by the longest and the shortest possible paths through them. A fault simulator in the system gives information on robust and nonrobust detection of faults either from a given target set or all path faults. Experimental results on ISCAS'85 and ISCAS'89 benchmark circuits substantiate the efficiency of our algorithm in comparison to other published results.
Index Terms:
combinational circuits; logic testing; automatic testing; multivalued logic; delays; integrated logic circuits; integrated circuit testing; fault location; automatic test generation system; path delay faults; combinational circuits; test pattern generation system; logic circuits; robust tests; nonrobust tests; nine-value logic system; multiple backtrace procedure; path selection method; fault detection; ATPG
Citation:
A.K. Majhi, J. Jacob, L.M. Patnaik, V.D. Agrawal, "An efficient automatic test generation system for path delay faults in combinational circuits," vlsid, pp.161, 8th International Conference on VLSI Design, 1995