Title
Modifying Test Vectors for Reducing Power Dissipation in CMOS Circuits
Abstract
This paper presents a method to modify test vectors for reducing power dissipation in CMOS sequential circuits. Test vectors are modified by inverting values of primary inputs one by one. With respect to the reduction of power dissipation, we check if the average number of signal transition gates is decreased and if the maximum number of signal transition gates is not increased. Original fault coverage is guaranteed by logic simulation and fault simulation. The effectiveness of the proposed method is shown by experimental results for ISCAS'89 benchmark circuits.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1109/DELTA.2002.994665
Christchurch
Keywords
Field
DocType
original fault coverage,test vector,cmos circuits,power dissipation,cmos sequential circuit,logic simulation,modifying test vectors,fault simulation,average number,signal transition gate,maximum number,capacitance,fault coverage,fault detection,sequential circuits,sequential analysis,benchmark testing
Test vector,Sequential logic,Fault coverage,Dissipation,Fault detection and isolation,Signal transition,Computer science,Electronic engineering,CMOS,Real-time computing,Logic simulation
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-1453-7
1
0.37
References 
Authors
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yoshinobu Higami114027.24
Shin-ya Kobayashi2388.60
Yuzo Takamatsu315027.40