Test vector decompression via cyclical scan chains and its application to testing core-based designs
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A novel test vector compression/decompression technique is proposed for reducing the amount of test data that must be stored on a tester and transferred to each core when testing a core-based design. A small amount of on-chip circuitry is used to reduce both the test storage and test time required for testing a core-based design. The fully specified test vectors provided by the core vendor are stored in compressed form in the tester memory and transferred to the chip where they are decompressed and applied to the core (the compression is lossless). Instead of having to transfer each entire test vector from the tester to the core, a smaller amount of compressed data is transferred instead. This reduces the amount of test data that must be stored on the tester and hence reduces the total amount of test time required for transferring the data with a given test data bandwidth.
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Test Vector Decompression via Cyclical Scan Chains and Its Application to Testing Core-Based Design - Test Conference, 1998. Proceedings. International
A novel test vector compressioddecompression technique is proposed for reducing the amount of test data that must be stored on a tester and transferred to each core when testing a core-based design. A small amount of on-chip circuitry is used to reduce both the test storage and test time required for testing a core-based design. The fully specified test vectors provided by the core vendor are s...
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