Aliasing computation using fault simulation with fault dropping

Abstract

It is generally thought that accurate analysis of aliasing requires non-fault dropping fault simulation. We show that fault dropping is possible when computing the exact aliasing of modeled faults for common output response compression circuits. The fault dropping process is most effective when the test set size is small. Extensions to large test sets are also considered. We present a fault simulation procedure that takes maximum advantage of fault dropping and present experimental results to support its effectiveness.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>