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Sixth International Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design (ISQED'05)
Gate-Level Mitigation Techniques for Neutron-Induced Soft Error Rate
San Jose, California
March 21-March 23
ISBN: 0-7695-2301-3
Harmander Singh Deogun, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dennis Sylvester, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
David Blaauw, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Neutron-induced single-event upsets have become increasingly problematic in aggressively scaled process technologies due to smaller nodal capacitances and reduced operating voltages. We present a probability-based analysis of neutron strikes on combinational logic chains and investigate techniques to increase circuit robustness in terms of decreasing the probability of upsetting the capturing latch given a particle strike. We show that using a technique of inserting simple cross-coupled inverter pairs on error prone sites, as well as intelligently placing lower Vth devices and readjusting device width, can increase the robustness by nearly 20% thereby increasing the mean time between soft errors by almost 25%. This technique incurs substantially less overhead than traditional redundancy approaches to mitigating soft errors.
Citation:
Harmander Singh Deogun, Dennis Sylvester, David Blaauw, "Gate-Level Mitigation Techniques for Neutron-Induced Soft Error Rate," isqed, pp.175-180, Sixth International Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design (ISQED'05), 2005
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