Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Reliability and Diagnostics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	454-0310/01
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.
DFT - Design for test
Diagnostic instrument.
BST - Boundary Scan Testing.
Reliability fundamental conceptions.
Calculation of reliability. Serial, parallel model. State diagram.
Markovski model.
Reserve of systems, static, dynamic and hybrid.
Fault tolerant systems.
Reliability check.
System quality, QPL and QML.
Coding fundamental conceptions.
Linear code. 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.
Generating test using D-algorithm.
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;
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;

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

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