8. Viewing and Saving the Results

  1. Go to the report menu and select REPORT > GRADE. You should see results similar to those displayed in Figure 24. The report displays the number of total faults, untestable faults, and undetected faults. Untestable faults are those that cannot be tested. In this example, the 2 undetected faults are the simply due to the unconnected output of a flip flop. Undetected faults are those that are detected by the current test. Detected faults are those that are detected by the test and possible faults are those faults that are detected some of the time.


Figure 24

  1. From the pallette menu, select the Faults palette. Select SHOW FAULTS. A pop up menu will appear as shown in Figure 25. Make sure that all objects are selected. Also make sure that Both and Undetected are selected. Click on OK.



Figure 25

  1. In Figure 26, you will see all the Undetected faults displayed as little red and greenflags. The green flags correspond to stuck at 1 faults, while the red flags correspond to stuck at 0 faults. Once you are done viewing the results, click on the Hide Faults icon in the palete When the dialog box appears, click OK. All the faults should become invisible on the schematic.



Figure 26

  1. To get the report statistics Select:

    Report > REPORT STATS

    A Report Statistics dialog box will appear as shown in Fig 27. Make sure Cycle based and Histogram is on. Then click on OK. The results are shown in Fig. 28.




Figure 27



Figure 28

  1. To save the Fault Summary, activate the fault Summary window, from main menu bar select:
    File > Write
  2. To save the Fault Dictionary, from the main menu bar select:

    File > Save > Fault Dictionary

    Give a pathname and click on OK.


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