• DocumentCode
    1314521
  • Title

    Using partial isolation rings to test core-based designs

  • Author

    Touba, Nur A. ; Pouya, Bahram

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    A partial isolation ring provides the same fault coverage as a full isolation ring but avoids adding multiplexers on critical timing paths and reduces area overhead. The authors examine several partial isolation ring selection strategies that vary in computational complexity
  • Keywords
    computer testing; isolation technology; magnetic core stores; computational complexity; core-based designs; critical timing paths; partial isolation rings; test; Compaction; Computational complexity; Controllability; Feeds; Flip-flops; Inverters; Logic testing; Multiplexing; Observability; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7475
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/54.632881
  • Filename
    632881