Methods, apparatus, and systems for filtering compacted test responses are
disclosed. The methods, apparatus, and systems can be used, for example,
to remove the effects of unknown test values. For instance, in one
embodiment, a compacted test response from a compactor of a
circuit-under-test is received. In this embodiment, the compacted test
response includes one or more compacted test response values that are
dependent on one or more respective unknown values. The compacted test
response is filtered to remove the dependency of at least some of the
compacted test response values on the one or more respective unknown
values, and a filtered test response is output. Various filtering
circuits and testing systems are also disclosed.