A variable observation time method for testing delay faults

  • Authors:
  • Wei-Wei Mao;Michael D. Ciletti

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO

  • Venue:
  • DAC '90 Proceedings of the 27th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Test methodologies for delay faults usually observe output patterns at a single observation time, and the same observation time is used for all faults in the circuit under test. In this paper we show that use of a single observation time is not advantageous for testing delay faults, and we are able to show that the detection threshold can be dramatically improved by using a testing methodology that allows variable, fault-dependent and output-dependent observation times. A “waveform-type” simulation method is used for calculating detection thresholds for definitely detectable faults. Statistical distributions of delay fault detection thresholds are presented for ten benchmark circuits.