Trace-Based Post-Silicon Validation for VLSI Circuits

This book first provides a comprehensive coverage of state—of—the—art validation solutions based on real—time signal tracing to guarantee the correctness of VLSI circuits. The authors discuss several key challenges in post—silicon validation and provide automated solutions that are systematic and cost—effective. A series of automatic tracing solutions and innovative design for debug (DfD) techniques are described, including techniques for trace signal selection for enhancing visibility of f...