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On interconnecting circuits with multiple scan chains for improved test data compression
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On interconnecting circuits with multiple scan chains for improved test data compression

Irith Pomeranz and Sudhakar M Reddy
17th International Conference on VLSI Design. Proceedings, pp.741-744
International Conference on VLSI Design (Mumbai, India, 01/09/2004)
2004
DOI: 10.1109/ICVD.2004.1261016

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Abstract

We show that when a scan design consists of interconnected circuits, test data volume reductions can be achieved by connecting the scan chains of adjacent circuits appropriately. We formulate this problem as a problem of finding a permutation of the scan chains of one circuit with respect to another so as to minimize the number of different scan vectors required for testing both circuits. We propose a procedure for solving this problem, and present experimental results.
Applied Sciences Integrated Circuits Design. Technologies. Operation analysis. Testing Electronics Exact sciences and technology Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices Testing, measurement, noise and reliability

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