Title :
Vector sets for exhaustive testing of logic circuits
Author :
Seroussi, Gadiel ; Bshouty, Nader H.
Author_Institution :
Cyclotomics Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
(L, d)-universal sets are useful for exhaustively testing logic circuits with a large number of functional components, designed so that every functional component depends on at most d inputs. Randomized and deterministic constructions of ( L, d)-universal test sets are presented, and lower and upper bounds on the optimal sizes of such sets are proven. It is also proven that the design of an optimal exhaustive test set for an arbitrary logic circuit is an NP-complete problem
Keywords :
combinatorial circuits; logic testing; (L, d)-universal test sets; NP-complete problem; combinational circuits; exhaustive testing; logic circuits; lower bounds; upper bounds; vector sets; Boolean functions; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Communication system control; Computer science; Laboratories; Logic circuits; Logic testing; NP-complete problem; Upper bound;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on