• DocumentCode
    2956709
  • Title

    Analysis of Resistive Open Defects in a Synchronizer

  • Author

    Kim, Hyoung-Kook ; Jone, Wen-Ben ; Wang, Laung-Terng

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7-9 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    164
  • Lastpage
    172
  • Abstract
    This paper presents fault modeling and analysis for open defects in a synchronizer that is implemented by two D flip-flops. Open defects are injected into any node of the synchronizer, and HSPICE is used to perform circuit analysis. The major purpose of this analysis is to find all possible faults that might occur in the synchronizer by open defects. The results obtained can be used to develop methods for testing the interfacing circuits between different clock domains which are implemented with the synchronizer.
  • Keywords
    fault diagnosis; flip-flops; sequential circuits; synchronisation; D flip-flops; HSPICE; circuit analysis; fault modeling; resistive open defect; synchronizer; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Clocks; Failure analysis; Flip-flops; Inverters; Metastasis; Predictive models; Synchronization; Timing; fault analysis; fault modeling; resistive open defect; synchronizer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, 2009. DFT '09. 24th IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1550-5774
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DFT.2009.34
  • Filename
    5372261