Title
Defect-Oriented Sampling of Non-Equally Probable Faults in VLSI Systems
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a novel methodology forDefect-Oriented (DO) fault sampling, and its implementation in a newextraction tool, lobs (\underline Layout \underline Observer). The methodology is based on the statistics theory, and on the application of the concepts ofestimation of totals over subpopulations and stratified sampling tothe fault sampling problem. The proposed stratified samplingmethodology applies to non-equally probable DO faults, exhibiting a wide range of probabilities ofoccurrence, and leads to confidence intervalssimilar to the ones obtained with equally probable faults. ISCAS benchmark circuits arelaid out and lobs used to ascertain the results, for circuitsup to 100,000 MOS transistors, and extracted DO fault lists of 300,000faults.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1023/A:1008351310657
J. Electronic Testing
Keywords
Field
DocType
fault sampling,defect-oriented test,fault extraction
Computer science,Electronic engineering,Vlsi systems,Sampling (statistics),Stratified sampling,Observer (quantum physics),Statistical theory,Confidence interval,Electronic circuit
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
1-2
1573-0727
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.51
13
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
F. M. Gonçalves112912.99
J. P. Teixeira250.51