A Class-based Clustering Static Compaction Technique for Combinational Circuits

Abstract

Static compaction based on test vector merging is a very simple and efficient technique. However, for a highly incompatible test set, merging achieves little reduction. In this paper, we propose a new static compaction technique in which a test vector is decomposed into its atomic components before it is processed. In this way, a test vector that is originally incompatible with all other test vectors in a given test set can be eliminated if its components can be merged with other test vectors.