Soft error correction in embedded storage elements

In this paper a soft error correction scheme for embedded storage elements in level sensitive designs is presented. It employs space redundancy to detect and locate Single Event Upsets (SEUs). It is able to detect SEUs in registers and employ architectural replay to perform correction with low additional hardware overhead. Together with the proposed bit flipping latch an online correction can be implemented on bit level with a minimal loss of clock cycles. A comparison with other detection and correction schemes shows a significantly lower hardware overhead.