Title :
An accurate SER estimation method based on propagation probability [soft error rate]
Author :
Asadi, Ghazanfar ; Tahoori, Mehdi B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we present an accurate but very fast soft error rate (SER) estimation technique for digital circuits, based on error propagation probability (EPP) computation. Experiments results and comparison of the results with the random simulation technique show that our proposed method is on average within 6% of the random simulation method and four to five orders of magnitude faster.
Keywords :
combinational circuits; error statistics; logic design; logic simulation; EPP; SER; combinational logic; digital circuits; error propagation probability; random simulation method; single event upsets; soft error hardening; soft error rate estimation; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Digital circuits; Error analysis; Estimation error; Flip-flops; Hardware; Logic devices; Probability; Single event upset;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2005. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2288-2
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2005.49
