Initialization of sequential circuits and its application to ATPG

Authors:
J. A. Wehbeh;D. G. Saab
Affiliations:
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Venue:
VTS '96 Proceedings of the 14th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
Year:
1996

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Abstract

A general method for determining whether a certain design is initializable, and for generating its initialization sequence, is presented in this paper. This method is based on structural decomposition of the circuit, and can handle both logical (using X-value simulation) and functional initializability. The routines developed are then used for ATPG of sequential circuits.