ASIC VLSI design and development in MOSart-a focus on logic analysis and automated test vector generation

Abstract

The MOSart comprehensive CAD/CAE system for the design and development of cell-based ASICs and full custom VLSI circuits. The MOSart design environment encompasses a wide variety of applications, i.e. design tools with which a design team can implement an ASIC. The computer-aided-engineering capabilities of MOSart through which the analysis of simulation results, along with the automated generation of ATE-compatible test vector patterns, are obtained. Three of MOSart's application tools, namely, VECTORGEN, SIMGEN and LAS, are considered. VECTORGEN and SIMGEN are application tools developed specifically to assist with the task of verifying a given ASIC design. With the aid of VECTORGEN and SIMGEN, simulator stimuli and the creation of ATE-compatible test vector patterns are accomplished. LAS (logic analysis system) provides systematic and automated procedures that facilitate the analysis of the behavior of a given logic block including the top level block of a completed design.<>