Electronic Design

Design-For-Test The Smart Way: dFT With A "Big T" And A "Little d"

Design-for-test, or DFT, should facilitate high-quality test, not change the design. Test techniques and strategies need to supply a high-quality test that screens out defective devices, avoiding ...
EDN

Internal test in FPGA design

http://www.xilinx.comAs the density of field-programmable-gate arrays (FPGAs) continues to increase, engineers are challenged to come up with ways to test and verify ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Integrating Design Verification To Approach Zero Defects

The approach enables DFT and design verification (DV) teams to operate in parallel, accelerating development cycles while improving fault coverage. This cohesive strategy not only boosts test ...
Electronic Design

Simulation Mismatches Can Foul Up Test-Pattern Verification

Design for testability (DFT) works to make a circuit more testable to ensure that it was manufactured correctly. Alfred Crouch explains the purpose of DFT in his book, Design-For-Test for Digital ICs ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit Overrules Decades-Old Test for Design Patent Obviousness

On May 21, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, overruled its longstanding test used to assess the obviousness of design patents. LKQ Corp. et al. v. GM Global ...