Text

M. L. Bushnell and V. D. Agrawal, Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory and Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits, Boston: Springer, 2005, ISBN 0-7923-7991-8.

References

1. M. Abramovici, M. A. Breuer, and A. D. Friedman, "Digital Systems Testing and Testable Design", Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (April, 1999) ISBN: 0780310543 

2. S. Mourad, Y. Zorian, "Principles of Testing Electronic Systems", John Wiley & Sons, 2000. Errata.

Course outline

Fundamental principles of testing computer systems and designing for testability. Failure and fault models. Basic concepts of reliability, functional modeling, logic simulation, fault simulation, test generation for combinational logic circuits, detection of multiple faults in digital circuits. Deterministic and probabilistic techniques of test generation for sequential logic circuits, random testing and signature analysis. Techniques for testing memories and microprocessors. Design for testability. Concepts of fault tolerance and circuit redundancy, built-in test, boundary scan standards, compression techniques, and self testing.

Laboratory work

The course has three hours lecture. One credit hour of the course work is for the lab. work. Students will implement learned design for testability techniques in their own designs, using Mentor Graphics testing tools and circuit simulation packages installed on Sun workstations.

Grading

Grades will be based on the following;
Midterm examination (20%)
Homework (40%)
Laboratory Assignments (20%)
Final examination (20%)

Examinations

Midterm - May 11, 2010.
Final examination - Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at 8:00 am

All examinations are closed books and notes. Students may have one sheet with formulas as a help during each exam.

Students with Disabilities

If you have a documented disability that requires an accommodation, please notify me within the first two weeks of the quarter.  Please contact the Office of Institutional Equity for guide and assistance with disability issues.  Their web page is

http://www.ohio.edu/equity/disabilityservices/

Withdrawal

A student may withdraw from class at his discretion up to and including the first 21 days of the quarter.

Academic Conduct

Cheating on examinations, submitting work of other students as your own, or plagiarism in any form will result in penalties ranging from an F on the assignment or exam to expulsion from the university, depending on the seriousness of the offense.  

Classroom Privacy

Recording of classroom activities by any electronic  means, by students, other faculty,  university administrators, or others, requires permission of the instructor.  Under no circumstances may verbatim recording of copyrighted classroom lectures and materials by electronic or any other means (including note taking) be conducted for 1) sale, whether or not it is for educational benefit, or 2) for the educational benefit of those not enrolled in the class.  This does not apply to non-verbatim notes taken by students.