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2005 International Conference on Computer Design
A Soft Error Monitor Using Switching Current Detection
San Jose, California
October 02-October 05
ISBN: 0-7695-2451-6
Patrick Ndai, Dept. of ECE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Amit Agarwal, Dept. of ECE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Qikai Chen, Dept. of ECE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Kaushik Roy, Dept. of ECE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Technology scaling has led to a reduction in the stored charge in SRAM memories. This has increased their vulnerability to soft errors. Conventional approaches to detect/correct soft errors, such as ECC, have limitation in the number of soft errors that can be tolerated. In this paper, we propose a soft error detection circuit which utilizes a current mirror to translate switching current pulses induced by soft errors into voltage pulses. This pulse is then sensed by a Schmitt trigger to generate an error signal. Our experimental results show that the proposed scheme is tolerant to process variation and results in low power overhead without significantly affecting performance.

Citation:
Patrick Ndai, Amit Agarwal, Qikai Chen, Kaushik Roy, "A Soft Error Monitor Using Switching Current Detection," iccd, pp.185-192, 2005 International Conference on Computer Design, 2005
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