Multiple transient faults in combinational and sequential circuits: A systematic approach

N Miskov-Zivanov, D Marculescu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transient faults in logic circuits are becoming an important reliability concern for future
technology nodes. Radiation-induced faults have received significant attention in recent …

Soft error rate estimation of digital circuits in the presence of multiple event transients (METs)

M Fazeli, SN Ahmadian, SG Miremadi… - … , Automation & Test …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a very fast and accurate technique to estimate the soft error rate of
digital circuits in the presence of Multiple Event Transients (METs). In the proposed …

Multiple node upset-tolerant latch design

X Liu - IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a general method for the design of multiple node upset (MNU)-tolerant
latches. First, two double node upset (DNU)-tolerant latches and one triple node upset …

Cep: Correlated error propagation for hierarchical soft error analysis

L Chen, M Ebrahimi, MB Tahoori - Journal of Electronic Testing, 2013 - Springer
Due to the continuous technology scaling, soft error becomes a major reliability issue at
nanoscale technologies. Single or multiple event transients at low levels can result in …

Design as you see FIT: System-level soft error analysis of sequential circuits

D Holcomb, W Li, SA Seshia - … & Test in Europe Conference & …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft errors in combinational and sequential elements of digital circuits are an increasing
concern as a result of technology scaling. Several techniques for gate and latch hardening …

Efficient algorithms to accurately compute derating factors of digital circuits

H Asadi, MB Tahoori, M Fazeli, SG Miremadi - Microelectronics Reliability, 2012 - Elsevier
Fast, accurate, and detailed Soft Error Rate (SER) estimation of digital circuits is essential for
cost-efficient reliable design. A major step to accurately estimate a circuit SER is the …

Selective hardening in early design steps

CG Zoellin, HJ Wunderlich, I Polian… - 2008 13th European …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hardening a circuit against soft errors should be performed in early design steps before the
circuit is laid out. A viable approach to achieve soft error rate (SER) reduction at a …

Analysis of the impact of electrical and timing masking on soft error rate estimation in vlsi circuits

P Tsoumanis, GI Paliaroutis, N Evmorfopoulos… - Technologies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to continuous CMOS technology downscaling, Integrated Circuits (ICs) have become
more susceptible to radiation-induced hazards such as soft errors. Thus, to design radiation …

MASkIt: Soft error rate estimation for combinational circuits

M Anglada, R Canal, JL Aragón… - 2016 IEEE 34th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrated circuits are getting increasingly vulnerable to soft errors; as a consequence, soft
error rate (SER) estimation has become an important and very challenging goal. In this work …

A low-cost reliability vs. cost trade-off methodology to selectively harden logic circuits

I Wali, B Deveautour, A Virazel, A Bosio… - Journal of Electronic …, 2017 - Springer
Selecting the ideal trade-off between reliability and cost associated with a fault tolerant
architecture generally involves an extensive design space exploration. Employing state-of …