Title :
Soft-error hardened redundant triggered latch
Author :
Alidash, Hossein Karimiyan ; Sayedi, Sayed Masoud ; Oklobdzija, Vojin G.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Kashan, Kashan, Iran
Abstract :
This paper presents a soft error hardened latch suitable for reliable operation. The proposed circuit is aimed to tackle the particle hit effect on the internal nodes, external logic, as well as the pulse generator circuit. The hardening method is based on redundancy to protect internal nodes and filter out transients resulted from combinational logic. It also uses redundant clocking technique which results in more robustness. The circuit is designed in 90nm CMOS technology and simulated with the HSPICE. Simulation results indicate its lower-power and -delay, and ability to recover from single particle strike on internal and clock nodes, and input transient tolerance up to 120ps.
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; combinational circuits; flip-flops; integrated circuit reliability; radiation hardening (electronics); CMOS technology; HSPICE; clock nodes; combinational logic; external logic; hardening method; input transient tolerance; internal nodes; operation reliability; particle hit effect; particle strike; pulse generator circuit; redundant clocking technique; size 90 nm; soft-error hardened redundant triggered latch; Clocks; Delay; Latches; Logic gates; Redundancy; Robustness; Transient analysis; Hardened latch; SER; SET; SEU;
Conference_Titel :
Quality Electronic Design (ASQED), 2012 4th Asia Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Penang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2687-2
DOI :
10.1109/ACQED.2012.6320514