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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1993
Michael L Bushnell, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Imtiaz Shaik, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for robust delay fault testing of integrated circuits (IC) with built-in self-testing. For the method, hazardous nodes of the IC are determined. Thereafter, the topology of the IC can be modified to include a cut-point at hazardous nodes of the circuit. Input of the IC to the cut-point is diverted to an observation point. An out-put multi-input signature register (MISR) at the observation point generates a first signature. An output MISR provides a second signature for outputs to the IC. During testing, a hazard-free input pattern is applied to the IC and the generated first and second signatures are compared to known correct signatures.