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    An automated verification process based on scan techniques

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    Matching the results achieved during circuit simulation with those extracted from circuit operation is a common verification process. A large number of current verification techniques use the input / output vectors produced during functional simulation as the test vectors applied / compared against the circuit responses. Techniques that are more complete include extracting the values of internal sequential nodes and comparing these using internal scans. This paper describes a solution for verifying digital designs implemented in commercially available CLPDs. All internal flip-flops are included in a scan chain accessible through the BST infrastructure (through a user-defined optional instruction), while the BS cells are used to apply the input test vectors and capture the circuit responses. These BS cells can either belong to the device-under-test or to other devices, in the former case through the optional INTEST instruction and in the latter through the mandatory EXTEST instruction. To speed up the verification process, the test program is automatically generated from information that encompasses the design and development phase

    From circuit simulation to circuit verification: an internal+boundary-scan-based solution

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    Matching the results obtained from circuit simulation with those extracted from circuit functioning is a common stage of the final verification process. Many current verification techniques use the I/O vectors produced during functional and / or timing simulation, for creating the test vectors to be applied / compared against the circuit responses. Techniques that are more complete include extracting the values of internal sequential nodes and comparing these using internal scans. This paper describes such a solution for verifying digital designs implemented in currently commercial available CPLDs. The test program encompasses the design and development phase, namely: the file containing the results from simulation, the BSDL file, an internal scan chain description file, and one file containing the user options
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