A same/different fault dictionary: an extended pass/fail fault dictionary with improved diagnostic resolution

  • Authors:
  • Irith Pomeranz;Sudhakar M. Reddy

  • Affiliations:
  • Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN;University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We describe a new type of fault dictionary called a same/different fault dictionary. The same/different fault dictionary is similar to a pass/fail fault dictionary in that it contains a single bit bi, j for every modeled fault fi and test vector tj. However, in a pass/fail fault dictionary, bi, j is determined by comparing the output vector of the faulty circuit with the output vector of the fault free circuit; while in a same/different fault dictionary, bi, j is determined by comparing the output vector of the faulty circuit with a preselected output vector called a baseline output vector. By selecting appropriately the baseline output vectors for all the test vectors, it is possible to obtain increased diagnostic resolution with a same/different fault dictionary compared to a pass/fail fault dictionary. We describe a procedure for selecting baseline output vectors and present experimental results.