DFT / ATPG · All levels

DFT Glossary

Shared vocabulary for scan, ATPG, BIST, and release reviews.

Terms to use precisely

  • Controllability/observability: ability to set and observe internal states.

  • Compression ratio: reduction of external pattern data via on-chip logic.

  • ATPG constraints: legal test behavior assumptions.

  • Diagnosis: mapping fail signatures to likely defect sites.

  • MBIST/LBIST: embedded memory/logic self-test architectures.

  • EXTEST/INTEST: boundary scan instruction use cases.

  • Release signoff: quality + timing + power + process closure decision.