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A comprehensive approach to assessing and analyzing 1149.1 test logic

Melocco et al., 2003

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1551006632544462785
Author
Melocco K
Arora H
Setlak P
Kunselman G
Mardhani S
Publication year
Publication venue
International Test Conference, 2003. Proceedings. ITC 2003.

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In this paper we introduce a tool which is capable of verifying an 1149.1 test logic implementation and its compliance to the IEEE 1149.1 standard while providing a precise list of errors as well as good debug and diagnostic information using graphical analysis. The …
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