Single event upset: An embedded tutorial

F Wang, VD Agrawal - 21st International Conference on VLSI …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the continuous downscaling of CMOS technologies, the reliability has become a major
bottleneck in the evolution of the next generation systems. Technology trends such as …

A logic-level model for/spl alpha/-particle hits in CMOS circuits

H Cha, JH Patel - … of 1993 IEEE International Conference on …, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Systems designed for reliability must be validated through simulations. However, traditional
SPICE like simulators or even mixed-mode simulators are too slow for the task of simulating …

A gate-level simulation environment for alpha-particle-induced transient faults

H Cha, EM Rudnick, JH Patel, RK Iyer… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mixed analog and digital mode simulators have been available for accurate/spl alpha/-
particle-induced transient fault simulation. However, they are not fast enough to simulate a …

FOCUS: An experimental environment for fault sensitivity analysis

GS Choi, RK Iyer - IEEE Transactions on Computers, 1992 - computer.org
FOCUS, a simulation environment for conducting fault-sensitivity analysis of chip-level
designs, is described. The environment can be used to evaluate alternative design tactics at …

High robust and cost effective double node upset tolerant latch design for nanoscale CMOS technology

H Li, L **ao, J Li, C Qi - Microelectronics Reliability, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a novel high reliability and low cost DNU (Double Node Upset)
tolerant latch, HRCE (High Robust and Cost Effective) latch, for nanoscale CMOS …

[PDF][PDF] Fast timing simulation of transient faults in digital circuits

A Dharchoudhury, SM Kang, H Cha… - Proceedings of The …, 1994 - websrv.cecs.uci.edu
Transient fault simulation is an important verification activity for circuits used in critical
applications since such faults account for over 80% of all system failures. This paper …

MIMD synchronization on SIMT architectures

A ElTantawy, TM Aamodt - 2016 49th Annual IEEE/ACM …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the single-instruction multiple-threads (SIMT) execution model, small groups of scalar
threads operate in lockstep. Within each group, current SIMT hardware implementations …

Reliable and high performance asymmetric FinFET SRAM cell using back-gate control

RN Asli, S Taghipour - Microelectronics Reliability, 2020 - Elsevier
As the technology scales down, the performance characteristics are degraded and the
reliability of digital circuits against soft error and aging effects are reduced. In this paper, we …

Soft error rate determination for nanometer CMOS VLSI logic

F Wang, VD Agrawal - 2008 40th Southeastern Symposium on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanometer CMOS VLSI circuits are highly sensitive to soft errors due to environmental
causes such as cosmic radiation and charged particles. These phenomena, also known as …

Design and analysis of single-event tolerant slave latches for enhanced scan delay testing

Y Lu, F Lombardi, S Pontarelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The last few years have seen the development and fabrication of nanoscale circuits at high
density and low power. Following a single-event upset (SEU), so-called soft errors due to …