Random limited-scan to improve random pattern testing of scan circuits

  • Authors:
  • Irith Pomeranz

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Electrical & Computer Eng., Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 38th annual Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We propose a method of random pattern genration for at-speed testing of circuits with scan. The proposed method uses limited scan operations to achieve complete fault coverage. Under a limited scan operation, the circuit state is shifted by a number of positions which may be smaller than the number of state variables. Limited scan operations are inserted randomly to ensure that the complete test set can be generated by a random pattern generator with simple control logic.