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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Surendra K Bommu, Plansboro, NJ (US);
Srimat T Chakradhar, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Kiran B Doreswamy, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NEC USA, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
714738 ; 714720 ; 714728 ;
Abstract
A technique for static compaction of test sequences is described. The method for static compaction according to the present invention includes two key features: (1) two-phase vector restoration, and (2) identification, pruning, and re-ordering of segments. Segments partition the compaction problem into sub-problems. Segments are identified, dynamically pruned and re-ordered to achieve further compaction and speed up.