In this paper, we present a test for small gate delay faults in combinational circuits, called a tenacious test and describe a method for generating tenacious tests. We consider a single gate delay fault in a circuit on the assumption of that each gate ...

We present a novel test generation technique for path delay faults, based on the growth (G) and disappearance (D) faults of programmable logic arrays (PLA). The circuit is modeled as a PLA that is prime and irredundant with respect to every output. ...

In this paper, we describe a new design of built-in self test for programmable logic arrays (PLAs). The idea is to use a simple deterministic test pattern generator to generate test patterns such that each cross point in the AND array can be evaluated ...

Built-In Self-Test (BIST) techniques constitute an attractive and practical solution to the difficult problem of testing VLSI circuits and systems. Among the BIST techniques the Comparative Concurrent BIST (C-BIST) has various advantages since it ...

This paper presents a method to compact test sequences for full scan designed circuits by using the reduced scan shift and the retiming. The reduced scan shift, which we previously proposed, can compact test sequences by omitting unnecessary scan ...

Design of irredundant and fully testable non-scan synchronous sequential circuits is a major concern of logic synthesis. The presence of sequentially redundant faults (SRFs) makes test generation complicated, and hence their removal is highly desirable ...