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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Xijiang Lin, West Linn, OR (US);
Ting-Pu Tai, Taipei, TW;
Wu-Tung Cheng, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Takeo Kobayashi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of the disclosed technology relate to techniques of selecting scan cells from state elements for partial scan designs. Signal probability values for logic gates in a circuit design are first determined. Based on the signal probability values, next-state capture probability values for state elements in the circuit design are computed. Based on the next-state capture probability values, scan cells are selected from the state elements. Scan cells may be further selected based on continuously-updated control weight values and observation weight values associated with the state elements.