A Library of Modular Routines for Generating Test Patterns for Digital Circuits

Abstract

This thesis describes the development of a library of modular computer routines for the efficient and automatic generation of input patterns used to test digital integrated circuits. While solving only a small part of the testing problem, efficiently generating test patterns can lower the overall cost associated with the testing of integrated circuits. To help ensure an integrated circuit is functioning properly before it leaves the production facility, manufacturers (and their customers) rely on testing. The objectives of testing are two-fold: 1) to detect manufacturing defects, and 2) to determine the cause of any defects detected so that the manufacturing can be perfected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA217923

Entities

People

  • Thomas H. Belvin Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • C Programming Language
  • Circuits
  • Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Debugging
  • Digital Circuits
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Language
  • Lists (Data Structures)
  • Manufacturing
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductors
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Semiconductors
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Software Engineering