VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing
VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing is a research topic within Hardware and Architecture. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 12.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of testing Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits, including techniques such as test data compression, embedded cores testing, scan testing, analog circuit fault diagnosis, BIST schemes, test access architectures, low-power testing, and delay fault testing.
- Test Data Compression
- Embedded Cores
- Scan Testing
- Analog Circuit Fault Diagnosis
- BIST Scheme
- Test Access Architecture
- Low-Power Testing
- Test Vector Compression
- System-on-a-Chip Test
- Delay Fault Testing
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -21% the tick is no change
Which countries lead VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (789 and 610 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 789 works
- 2 United States 610 works
- 3 India 481 works
- 4 Germany 173 works
- 5 South Korea 140 works
- 6 Japan 107 works
- 7 Taiwan 107 works
- 8 France 86 works
- 9 Italy 86 works
- 10 United Kingdom 63 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Samsung (South Korea) publishes the most VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Intel (United States).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Samsung (South Korea)South Korea 28 works
- 2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 26 works
- 3 Intel (United States)United States 25 works
- 4 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 24 works
- 5 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 23 works
- 6 Xidian UniversityChina 23 works
- 7 Southeast UniversityChina 22 works
- 8 Fudan UniversityChina 22 works
- 9 Peking UniversityChina 22 works
- 10 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing include K. De and Luca Benini.
- 1 K. De United States 7.6k citations
- 2 Luca Benini Italy 4.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing research done?
The largest centres of VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Bengaluru (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Clara and Hsinchu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 197 works
- 2 Seoul South Korea 95 works
- 3 Shanghai China 82 works
- 4 Bengaluru India 61 works
- 5 Xi'an China 58 works
- 6 Nanjing China 53 works
- 7 Santa Clara United States 48 works
- 8 Hsinchu Taiwan 43 works
- 9 Hefei China 39 works
- 10 Coimbatore India 37 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Santa ClaraUS · 48.5 works58×
- HsinchuTW · 43.2 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing?
Among universities, judged by research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Politecnico di Torino and Anhui University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 72.7 | 14.5% | 13.9× | 24 | +226.4% |
| 2 | Politecnico di TorinoItaly | 60.7 | 12.0% | 15.7× | 23 | -2.9% |
| 3 | Anhui UniversityChina | 55.4 | 20.1% | 9.6× | 14 | -18.9% |
| 4 | University of FloridaUnited States | 55.3 | 21.1% | 5.3× | 17 | +98.3% |
| 5 | The University of Texas at DallasUnited States | 51.0 | 14.5% | 14.0× | 9 | +66.3% |
| 6 | Xidian UniversityChina | 50.7 | 7.8% | 9.6× | 22 | -25.9% |
| 7 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 50.1 | 30.7% | 4.3× | 10 | -52.4% |
| 8 | Iowa State UniversityUnited States | 46.2 | 21.5% | 7.9× | 9 | -22.2% |
| 9 | University of BremenGermany | 45.1 | 7.7% | 15.8× | 12 | -3.6% |
| 10 | Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States | 44.7 | 1.9% | 8.4× | 26 | -23.6% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.