DocumentCode
1139003
Title
On Redundancy and Fault Detection in Sequential Circuits
Author
Abramovici, Miron ; Breuer, Melvin A.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Issue
11
fYear
1979
Firstpage
864
Lastpage
865
Abstract
In this correspondence we show that the well-known concepts of redundancy and undetectability of a stuck-at fault, which are equivalent in combinational circuits, are not equivalent in sequential circuits. We also show that some faults in sequential circuits, which are undetectable (by "conventional" methods of testing), are detectable by transition count testing methods.
Keywords
Combinational and sequential circuits; fault detection; redundancy; testing; transition count testing; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Electrical fault detection; Fault detection; Flip-flops; Radio frequency; Redundancy; Sequential analysis; Sequential circuits; Combinational and sequential circuits; fault detection; redundancy; testing; transition count testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TC.1979.1675267
Filename
1675267
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