Apparatus and method for testing a circuit
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsStephan Gerth, Karsten Einwich, Thomas Markwirth
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Abstract
The invention refers to an apparatus for testing a circuit, including: an interrupter configured for interrupting based on a circuit model describing at least a part of the circuit a connection between two components of the circuit, wherein the circuit model describes the two components connected by the connection, an inserter configured for inserting based on the circuit model a test element model into the interrupted connection, and an evaluator configured for evaluating based on the circuit model and the test element model a response of the circuit model to the inserted test element model. The invention also refers to a corresponding method.
Claims12
An apparatus for testing a circuit,
- comprising:
- an interrupter configured for interrupting based on a circuit model describing at least a part of the circuit a connection between two components of the circuit,
- wherein the circuit model is free of descriptions of faulty components and of descriptions of faulty signals and describes the entire circuit and the two components connected by the connection,
- an inserter configured for inserting based on the circuit model a test element model into the interrupted connection, and
- an evaluator configured for evaluating based on the circuit model and the test element model a response of the circuit model to the inserted test element model.
A method for testing a circuit,
- comprising:
- interrupting a circuit model being free of descriptions of faulty components and of descriptions of faulty signals and describing an entire circuit comprising a connection between two components,
- inserting a test element model into the interrupted connection, and
- evaluating a response of the circuit model to the inserted test element model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.