How to become a senior digital IC Design Engineer (6-4) digital IC Verification: test point decomposition

One 、 Pre simulation verification process

         be familiar with SPEC -> Validation strategy （UT/IT/ST） -> Test point decomposition -> Validation plan -> Verification environment -> Smoke testing -> Verify execution -> Validation report .

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Two 、 Test point definition

         Means from IC Verify the engineer's perspective , Can reflect DUT All application scenarios supported , Finally, it can guide the verifier to carry out the next verification work .

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3、 ... and 、 Test point classification

         Scene class 、 Functional class 、 Performance class 、 Interface class 、 Exception class 、 White box test point （ Design provides ）.

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Four 、 Test point decomposition

1、 basis

        1、 From the perspective of algorithm and protocol related documents , Mainly from Application level ;
        2、 From chip specification 、 Schema document 、SPEC、 From the perspective of detailed design documents , Mainly from Hardware level .

2、 The goal is