High-speed digital design is becoming increasingly analog. In particular, interconnect response at high frequencies can be nonmonotonic with “porch steps” and ringing. Crosstalk (both capacitive and inductive) can result in glitches on wires that can produce functional failures in receiving circuits. Most of these important effects are not addressed with traditional automatic test pattern gener...

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