A Circuit for Concurrent Detection of Soft and Timing Errors in Digital CMOS ICs

  • Authors:
  • S. Matakias;Y. Tsiatouhas;A. Arapoyanni;Th. Haniotakis

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Athens, Department of Informatics & Telecom., Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece. s.matakias@di.uoa.gr;University of Ioannina, Department of Computer Science, P.O. Box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. tsiatouhas@cs.uoi.gr;University of Athens, Department of Informatics & Telecom., Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece. arapoyanni@di.uoa.gr;Southern Illinois University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, 62901 Carbondale, USA. haniotak@siu.edu

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper a new circuit for concurrent soft and timing error detection in CMOS ICs is presented. The circuit is based on current mode sense amplifier topologies to provide fast error detection times. After an error has been detected it can be corrected by using a retry cycle.