A new classification of path-delay fault testability in terms of stuck-at faults

  • Authors:
  • Subhashis Majumder;Bhargab B. Bhattacharya;Vishwani D. Agrawal;Michael L. Bushnell

  • Affiliations:
  • International Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata 700091, India;ACM Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 700108, India;Departmcnt of ECE, Auburn University, Alabama, AL;Department of ECE, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computer Science and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

A new classification of path-delay fault testability in a combinational circuit is presented in terms of testability of stuck-at faults in an equivalent circuit. Earlier results describing correlation of path-delay and stuck-at faults are either incomplete, or use a complex model of equivalent circuit based on timing parameters. It is shown here that a path-delay fault (rising or falling) is testable if and only if certain single or multiple stuck-at fault in the equivalent circuit is testable. Thus, all aspects of path-delay faults related to testability under various classification schemes can be interpreted using the stuck-at fault model alone. The results unify most of the existing concepts and provide a better understanding of path-delay faults in logic circuits.