On the Optimal Design of Triple Modular Redundancy Logic for SRAM-based FPGAs

Autor:	Kastensmidt, F. Lima, Sterpone, L., Carro, L., Reorda, M. Sonza
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Computer Science - Hardware Architecture
Zdroj:	Dans Design, Automation and Test in Europe - DATE'05, Munich : Allemagne (2005)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) is a suitable fault tolerant technique for SRAM-based FPGA. However, one of the main challenges in achieving 100% robustness in designs protected by TMR running on programmable platforms is to prevent upsets in the routing from provoking undesirable connections between signals from distinct redundant logic parts, which can generate an error in the output. This paper investigates the optimal design of the TMR logic (e.g., by cleverly inserting voters) to ensure robustness. Four different versions of a TMR digital filter were analyzed by fault injection. Faults were randomly inserted straight into the bitstream of the FPGA. The experimental results presented in this paper demonstrate that the number and placement of voters in the TMR design can directly affect the fault tolerance, ranging from 4.03% to 0.98% the number of upsets in the routing able to cause an error in the TMR circuit. Comment: Submitted on behalf of EDAA (http://www.edaa.com/)
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4688 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv