Fault tolerant insertion and verification: a case study

Author

Manzone, Alberto ; De Costantini, Diego

Author_Institution

Sistemi Elettronici, Centro Ricerche FIAT, Torino, Italy

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

48

Abstract

The particular circuit structures that allow the building of a fault tolerant (FT) circuit have been extensively studied in the past, but currently there is a lack of CAD support in the design and evaluation of FT circuits. The aim of the AMATISTA European project (IST project 11762) is to develop a set of tools devoted to the design of FT digital circuits. The toolset is composed of: an automatic insertion tool and a simulation tool to validate the FT design. This paper is a case study describing how this set of FTI (fault tolerant insertion) and FTV (fault tolerant verification) tools have been used to increase the reliability in a typical automotive application.

Keywords

automotive electronics; circuit CAD; circuit reliability; circuit simulation; fault tolerance; AMATISTA European project; CAD support; FT circuits; IST project 11762; automatic insertion tool; automotive application; fault tolerant insertion; fault tolerant verification; reliability; simulation tool; Automotive applications; Circuit faults; Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Design automation; Digital circuits; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Single event upset; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Memory Technology, Design and Testing, 2002. (MTDT 2002). Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Workshop on

ISSN

1087-4852

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1617-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTDT.2002.1029762

Filename

1029762