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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Reliability and Diagnostics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 440-4202/01
Abbreviation SaD
Course title Reliability and Diagnostics
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jaroslav Zdrálek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Diagnostics fundamental conceptions, models of fault
Generating tests for digital circuits, sensitive path, method of critical path, Boolean differences
Functional testing
Diagnostic equipment
DFT - Design for test
BST - Boundary Scan Testing
Reliability fundamental conceptions
Calculation of reliability, serial and parallel model, state diagram
Markovski model
Reserve of systems, static, dynamic and hybrid
Fault tolerant systems
Reliability check
Quality classes for electronic element, screening test
System quality QPL and QML
Coding fundamental conceptions
Linear code and Hamming code
Cyclic code
Convolution code

Exercises:
Faults model, safety training
Generating test using sensitive path
Generating test using critical path
Generating test using Boolean difference
Minimization of tests
Calculation of reliability - serial and parallel model
Calculation of reliability - state diagram
Calculation of reliability - Markovski model
Calculation of reliability - Markovski model
Reliability checking
Linear code
Compresion of data


Projects:
Generating tests
Reliability checking
Contol matrix of linear code

Literature

Parker K. P.: The Boundary-scan handbook; Kluwer 2003; ISBN 1-4020-7496-4
Crouch A. L.: Design for test, For digital IC'sand embedded core systems; Prentice Hall 1999; ISBN 0-13-0848-27-1
Abramovici M., Breuer M. A. and Friedman A. D.: Digital System Testing and Testable Design. IEEE PRESS 1990; ISBN 0-7803-1062-4 
Bleeker H., Eijnden P. and Jong F.: Boundary-Scan Test, A practical Approach; Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993; ISBN 0-7923-9296-5
Reed I. S. and Xuemin Chen: Error-control coding for data networks; Kluwer 1999; ISBN 978-0-7923-8528-8 

Advised literature

Pradham and etc.:Fault-Tolerant Computing, Theory and Techniques, Volume I; Prentice Hall 1986; ISBN 0-13-308-230-X
Pradham and etc.:Fault-Tolerant Computing, Theory and Techniques, Volume II; Prentice Hall 1986; ISBN 0-13-308-222-9