Chapter 10

Design for testability

Abstract

Once a design has been completed, layout files are sent out for fabrication. Despite the best efforts of the foundry, not all the devices produced will be usable. Some will be defective. The bad ones should be screened out through testing.

Keywords

fault

defect

stuck at

modeling

scan

JTAG

BIST

LFSR

Once a design has been completed, layout files are sent out for fabrication. Despite the best efforts of the foundry, not all the devices produced will be usable. Some will be defective. ...

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