Title
Dynamic fault dictionaries and two-stage fault isolation
Abstract
This paper presents dynamic two-stage fault isolation for sequential random logic very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuits, and introduces limited and dynamic fault dictionaries. In the first stage of the dynamic process, a limited fault dictionary identifies candidate faults, which are further distinguished in the second stage by a dictionary generated dynamically for the candidate faults and a subset of the test vectors. This provides high resolution but avoids the costs of full static dictionaries. Two-stage fault isolation is evaluated for benchmark circuits and on defects in industrial circuits.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1109/92.661261
IEEE Trans. VLSI Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
dynamic fault dictionary,two-stage fault isolation,benchmark circuit,high resolution,full static dictionary,limited fault dictionary,dynamic process,dynamic two-stage fault isolation,industrial circuit,candidate fault,computational modeling,dictionaries,fault detection,vlsi circuits,sequential circuits,indexing terms,fault isolation,very large scale integration,vlsi
Stuck-at fault,Sequential logic,Fault coverage,Computer science,Fault detection and isolation,Real-time computing,Electronic engineering,Random logic,Very-large-scale integration,Fault model,Fault indicator
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
1
1063-8210
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.68
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Paul G. Ryan117015.29
W. Kent Fuchs21469279.02