A BIST GENERATOR CAD TOOL FOR NUMERIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

This paper describes a training and research tool for learning basic issues related to BIST (Built-In Self- Test) generator. The main didactic aim of the tool is presenting complicated concepts in a comprehensive graphical and analytical way. The paper describes a computer-aided design (CAD) that is used to generate automatically the BIST to any digital circuit. This software technique attempts to reduce the amount of extra hardware and cost of the circuit. In order to make our software being easily available, we used the Java platform, which is supported by most operating systems. The multi-platform JAVA runtime environment allows for easy access and usage of
the tool.