Report Number: CSL-TR-78-157
Institution: Stanford University, Computer Systems Laboratory
Title: Syndrome-testable design of combinational circuits
Author: Savir, Jacob
Date: October 1978
Abstract: Classical testing of combinational circuits requires a list of the fault-free responses of the circuit to the test set. For most practical circuits implemented today the large storage requirement for such a list make such a test procedure very expensive. In this paper we describe a method of designing combinational circuits in such a way that their test procedure will require the knowledge of only one characteristic of the fault-free circuit, called the syndrome. This solves the storage problem associated with the test procedure. It is shown that the syndrome-testable design is inexpensive and can be easily implemented by the logic designer.
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