A defect-tolerant and fully testable PLA

The authors present a defect-tolerant and fully testable programmable logic array (PLA) that allows the repair of a defective chip. The repair process is described. Special emphasis is placed on the location of defects inside a PLA. The defect location mechanism is completely topological and circuit-independent and therefore easy to adapt to existing PLA generators. Yield considerations for this type of PLA are presented.<
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