Design-For-testability planner

A computer program product for performing a test on a circuit design, the computer program product having computer readable program code embedded in a non-transitory computer useable storage medium, the computer readable program code configured to cause a computer system to perform the following operations:

• identify a plurality of tests to be performed on the circuit, wherein the circuit design is defined by a netlist and implementing the list of tests on the circuit design comprises performing a plurality of test synthesis operations;
• receive, via a common interface, a first set of test parameters for performing the plurality of tests on the circuit design;
• calculate an impact on a performance aspect of the circuit design when the plurality of test synthesis operations is performed on the circuit design according to the first set of test parameters;
• and
• configure performance of the plurality of tests on the circuit design using the first set of test parameters and the impact on the performance aspect, wherein configuring performance of the plurality of tests comprises generating a setup file based on the first set of test parameters, and the setup file is configured to setup a tool to perform a test within the plurality of tests.

A computer aided design apparatus for performing test on a circuit design, comprising:

• a graphical user interface;
• and
• a processor coupled to the graphical user interface, the processor configured to:
• receive, via the graphical user interface, from a user a list of tests to perform on the circuit design, wherein the circuit design is defined by a netlist and implementing the list of tests on the circuit design comprises performing a plurality of test synthesis operations;
• receive, via the graphical user interface, from the user a first set of test parameters for performing the list of tests on the circuit design;
• calculate an impact on a performance aspect of the circuit design when the plurality of test synthesis operations is performed on the circuit design according to the first set of test parameters;
• and
• configure a testing tool to perform the list of tests on the circuit design using the first set of test parameters and based on the impact on the performance aspect, wherein configuring performance of the plurality of tests comprises generating a setup file based on the first set of test parameters, and the setup file is configured to setup a tool to perform a test within the plurality of tests.