A recent technological advance is the art of designing circuits to test themselves, referred to as a Built-In Self-Test. This book is written from a designer's perspective and describes the major BIST approaches that have been proposed and implemented, along with their advantages and limitations.

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Preface. About the Author. 1. An Overview of BIST. 2. Fault Models, Detection, and Simulation. 3. Design for Testability. 4. Test Pattern Generation. 5. Output Response Analysis. 6. Manufacturing and System-Level Use of BIST. 7. Built-In Logic Block Observer. 8. Pseudo-Exhaustive BIST. 9. Circular BIST. 10. Scan-Based BIST. 11. Non-Intrusive BIST. 12. BIST for Regular Structures. 13. BIST for FPGAs and CPLDs. 14. Applying Digital BIST of Mixed-Signal Systems. 15. Merging BIST and Concurrent Fault Detection. Acronyms. Bibliography. Index.