The first 11 chapters of this text focused on manufacturing test. Its purpose is to answer the question, “Was the IC fabricated correctly?” In this, the final chapter, the emphasis shifts to design verification, which attempts to answer the question, “Was the IC designed correctly?” For many years, manufacturing test development and design verification followed parallel paths. Designs were entered via schematics, and then stimuli were created and applied to the design. Design correctness was confirme