PRODUCING RELIABLE INITIALIZATION AND TEST OF SEQUENTIAL-CIRCUITS WITH PSEUDORANDOM VECTORS

Authors
SOUFI M SAVARIA Y DARLAY F KAMINSKA B
Citation
M. Soufi et al., PRODUCING RELIABLE INITIALIZATION AND TEST OF SEQUENTIAL-CIRCUITS WITH PSEUDORANDOM VECTORS, I.E.E.E. transactions on computers, 44(10), 1995, pp. 1251-1256
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Computer Science Hardware & Architecture
Journal title
I.E.E.E. transactions on computers → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189340
Volume
44
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1251 - 1256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9340(1995)44:10<1251:PRIATO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In this paper, the initialization of sequential circuits using pseudor andom input patterns is addressed. An extended Markov chain model that covers the initialization phase is proposed. This model support the t heoretical framework used to demonstrate that sequential circuits can be initialized with pseudorandom vectors. This leads to a uniform BIST approach in which initialization and testing are performed together w ith a single pseudorandom generator.