Resistive Bridging Fault Simulation of Industrial Circuits

We report the successful application of a resistive bridging fault (RBF) simulator to industrial benchmark circuits. Despite the slowdown due to the consideration of the sophisticated RBF model, the run times of the simulator were within an order of magnitude of the run times for pattern-parallel complete-circuit stuck-at fault simulation. Industrial-size circuits, including a multi-million-gates design, could be simulated in reasonable time despite a significantly higher number of faults to be simulated compared with stuck-at fault simulation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: DATE
• Authors: Piet Engelke, Ilia Polian, Jürgen Schlöffel, Bernd Becker
• Keywords: DATE 2008, Hardware, Resistive Bridging Fault, Run Times, Stuck-at Fault Simulation