Automatic partitioning for deterministic test

Automatic partitioning for digital circuits is proposed. The partitions are defined by using functional testability measures and a test difficulty estimation. The software, developed with an expert system generator, is embedded in a hierarchical test generation process. The partitioning technique proposed uses difficulty test estimation corresponding to the maximal number of logical gates that can be embedded in a given partition. This parameter represents the maximal number of gates that can be handled by the tool.<
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