Title :
Soft error in FPGA-implemented asynchronous circuits
Author :
Kuang, Weidong ; Bai, Yu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we investigate the mechanism of soft error generation and propagation in asynchronous circuits which are implemented on FPGAs. The effects of the soft errors on Quasi-delay-insensitive (QDI) asynchronous circuits are analyzed. The results show that it is much easier to detect the soft error in asynchronous circuits implemented on FPGAs so that FPGAs can be reprogrammed, compared with traditional synchronous circuits.
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; field programmable gate arrays; FPGA-implemented asynchronous circuits; field programmable gate arrays; quasi-delay-insensitive; soft error generation; soft error propagation; Asynchronous circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Fires; Logic gates; Pipelines; Random access memory; Table lookup;
Conference_Titel :
Programmable Logic (SPL), 2011 VII Southern Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cordoba
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8847-6
DOI :
10.1109/SPL.2011.5782652
