Fault detection in a tristate system environment

01 September 2001

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EMBEDDED COMPUTERS COMMONLY RELY ON MULTIPLE-BOARD SYSTEMS, CALLED TRISTATE SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTS. THESE ENVIRONMENTS CONSIST OF AN INTERCONNECT AND DRIVERS OR RECEIVERS WITH TRISTATE FEATURES AND BOUNDARY SCAN CAPABILITIES. THE AUTHORS PRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE FAULT MODEL THAT PROVIDES 100 PERCENT FAULT COVERAGE AND MINIMIZES TEST SET SIZE.