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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Toshinori Hosokawa, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A method of design for testability using scan FF identification of this invention eases generation of test sequences as compared with conventional technique. An FF relation graph is generated from an integrated circuit, FFs having self loops are recognized in the FF relation graph, and all FFs are replaced with scan FFs. FFs not having self loops are sorted in accordance with a predetermined evaluation function indicating the degree of relation with difficulty in generating test sequences. For example, a function indicating the degree of relation with a balanced reconvergence structure is used as the evaluation function. In a sort order thus obtained, with regard to each FF not having self loops, it is determined whether or not the integrated circuit has an n-fold line-up structure in assuming the FF is replaced with a non-scan FF, thereby identifying scan FFs.