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The first step in such a design is to detect faults. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design the morgan kaufmann series in. Two fpgas are used for duplex system design, each including the combination of totally selfchecking blocks based on parity predictors to obtain better dependability parameters. Lala was named a fellow of the ieee for contributions to the development of self checking logic and associated checker design. Abstract the implementation and the fault simulation technique for the highly reliable digital design using two fpgas under a processor control is presented. Fault tolerant design is receiving considerable attention at present in order to safeguard against improper operation of digital systems in critical applic. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design edition 1. Please click button to get self checking and fault tolerant digital design book now. Fault tolerance against design faults city, university of. An important concept which allows us to detect transient as well as permanent faults is the selfchecking concept. Self checking process based on single digit conversion based verification.
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Results in the area of selfchecking sequential circuit design were presented in. This concept is commonly referred to as fault tolerance. It is shown that a duplicated selfchecking system has a much higher reliability than that of the tmr counterpart. Principles of modern digital design wiley online books. A number of methods have been presented for the design of faulttolerant systems. The proposed cell consists, basically, of a 4 input lookuptable lut. Fault tolerant and fault testable hardware design abebooks. Look to this innovative resource for the most comprehensive coverage of software fault tolerance techniques available in a single volume. Lala is the author of five books, including fault tolerant and fault testable hardware design and practical digital logic design and testing. The paper structured as follows in section 2 discussions about related works and previous fault tolerant design approaches. Principles of modern digital design begins with an examination of number systems and binary code followed by the fundamental concepts of digital logic. Specially when designing a processor, it is desired that a processor function correctly even in the presence of faults. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design the morgan kaufmann series in computer architecture and design parag k.
Dsd 2017 dependability, testing, and fault tolerance in digital systems. We would like to detect the faults as soon as they occur in order to prevent data contamination. Methodical self checking and test infrastructure design. Self checking and fault tolerant digital design download. Graduate students in vlsi design courses as well as practicing designers will appreciate this balanced treatment of the concepts and theory underlying fault. The counter is reset to zero in between clock pulses by logic gates 25 and 26 during minor sync pulses and during the interval between a major sync pulse and the. With vlsi chip transistors getting smaller and smaller, todays digital systems are more. And with critical applications relying on faster, more powerful chips, faulttolerant, selfchecking mechanisms must be built in to assure reliable operation. Software fault tolerance carnegie mellon university. Results in the area of self checking sequential circuit design were presented in. The kluwer international series in engineering and computer science, vol 285.
An example of a fault tolerant clock receiver is shown in the magazine digital design volume 3, number 10, oct. Armed with this foundation, they are then introduced to vhdl, a powerful language used to describe the function of digital circuits and systems. The fundamental problem is that, as the complexity of a system. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Larsson, introduction to advanced systemonchip test design and optimization. Pdf a selfchecking cell logic block for fault tolerant fpgas.
This paper proposes a selfchecking cell logic block clb that can be used as building block for online testable fpgas. A case study is presented in which a faulttolerant system with duplicated selfchecking modules is compared to the tmr version. Author of practical digital design and testing, digital system design using programmable logic devices, practical digital logic design and testing, selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design, digital circuit testing and testability, fault tolerant and fault testable hardware design, principles of modern digital design. Fault tolerance and selfchecking techniques in microprocessor. And with critical applications relying on faster, more powerful chips, fault tolerant, self checking mechanisms must be built in to assure reliable operation. Sep 07, 2016 new book faulttolerant computer system design. Strigini fault tolerance against design faults 3 2 examples and principles 2. Related work has been dedicated to improve the dependability of digital systems and, in particular, to design digital circuits displaying fault tolerant characteristics. The sixth edition of this classic textbook from hennessy and patterson, winners of the 2017 acm a. Lala, selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design, morgan kaufmann publishers inc.
A self checking detector for detecting faults in a multiple redundant clock system includes a majority voter circuit for receiving the clock signals from the redundant clock circuits and for providing a voted output, a comparison circuit for comparing each of the clock signals with the voted output, and failure signal producing circuits responsive to the outputs from the comparison circuit for. Fault tolerant and fault testable hardware design guide books. The proposed methodology employs a dynamic fault tolerant approach to protect digital systems from the incursion of stuckatfaults and enables the system to come up with fault free outputs. Applications of the selfchecking concept to microprogrammed control units, plas, braun array multipliers, finite state machines fsm, etc. Purchase selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design 1st edition. Black box modelbased self healing solution for stuckat. Citeseerx fault injection and simulation for fault tolerant. New book faulttolerant computer system design video. Comparisons of the various possible techniques for dealing with a problem and assessment of their suitability in various situations. Tech 20172018 r17 first year second sem is as follows. The checker has the ability to expose its own faults as well. In section 4 results and discussion and in section 5 we concluded our work.
Pdf selfchecking circuits can detect the presence of both transient and. The detailed syllabus for design of fault tolerant systems m. Lala was named a fellow of the ieee for contributions to the development of selfchecking logic and associated checker design. In section 6, fault tolerant multiplier is implemented. Dublication with complementary logic complementary logic to combat. The next two chapters present various methods for faulttolerant hardware design and procedures for implementing selfchecking and failsafe circuits. Lala is the author of five books, including faulttolerant and faulttestable hardware design and practical digital logic design and testing.
Software fault tolerance techniques are designed to allow a system to tolerate software faults that remain in the system after its development. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design edition. Sep 29, 2018 the detailed syllabus for design of fault tolerant systems m. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Read selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design the morgan kaufmann series in computer. Self checking and fault tolerant digital design the morgan kaufmann series in computer architecture and design parag k. This paper proposes a self checking cell logic block clb that can be used as building block for online testable fpgas. The selftesting checkers for koutof2k codes are discussed in the most detail since the totally selfchecking checkers for 1outofn and arbitrary moutofn codes are constructed by first translating the code to a koutof2k code via a totally selfchecking translator. A novel fault tolerant multiplier using single digit.
Sep 07, 2008 author of practical digital design and testing, digital system design using programmable logic devices, practical digital logic design and testing, self checking and fault tolerant digital design, digital circuit testing and testability, fault tolerant and fault testable hardware design, principles of modern digital design. Implementation of selfchecking twolevel combinational logic. An important concept which allows us to detect transient as well as permanent faults is the self checking concept. Read implementation of selfchecking twolevel combinational logic on fpga and cpld circuits, microelectronics reliability on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. A number of methods have been presented for the design of fault tolerant systems. Pdf on line error detection and fast recover techniques for.
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Analysis of faulttolerant digital systems, addisonwesley publishing company, reading. Since correctness and safety are really system level concepts, the need and degree to use software fault tolerance is directly dependent. Applications of the self checking concept to microprogrammed control units, plas, braun array multipliers, finite state machines fsm, etc. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it.
Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design parag k. Next, readers advance to combinational logic design. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design the morgan. The self testing checkers for koutof2k codes are discussed in the most detail since the totally self checking checkers for 1outofn and arbitrary moutofn codes are constructed by first translating the code to a koutof2k code via a totally self checking translator. Design automation of self checking circuits acm digital library. Software fault tolerance refers to the use of techniques to increase the likelihood that the final design embodiment will produce correct andor safe outputs. This book is intended to give a general overview of reliability, faults, fault models, nanotechnology, nanodevices, faulttolerant architectures and reliability evaluation techniques. The proposed fault tolerant design is compared with the existing design in the section 5. Digital logic and state machine design, third edition. Turing award recognizing contributions of lasting and major.
An introduction to the design and analysis of faulttolerant systems. Lala, selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design the morgan kau. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital designjune 2000. Design of selfchecking digital networks using coding techniques, csl university of illinois. A theory of totally self checking system design was presented in. Anderson, design of selfchecking digital networks using coding techniques, tech. A case study of selfchecking circuits reliability by jien. The next two chapters present various methods for fault tolerant hardware design and procedures for implementing self checking and failsafe circuits. Ece 257a faulttolerant computing, university of california, santa barbara, fall 2006, enrollment code 49585. It offers you a thorough understanding of the operation of critical software fault tolerance techniques and guides you through their design, operation and performance. The implantation of the fault tolerant capabilities is performed by replacing common vhdl data types with alternate, self checking capable versions.
Jan 01, 2004 read implementation of self checking twolevel combinational logic on fpga and cpld circuits, microelectronics reliability on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Self checking and fault tolerant digital design deals extensively with self checking design techniques and is the only book that emphasizes major techniques for hardware fault tolerance. Lala author of digital circuit testing and testability. Selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design deals extensively with selfchecking design techniques and emphasizes major techniques for hardware fault tolerance. A selfchecking detector for detecting faults in a multiple redundant clock system includes a majority voter circuit for receiving the clock signals from the redundant clock circuits and for providing a voted output, a comparison circuit for comparing each of the clock signals with the voted output, and failure signal producing circuits responsive to the outputs from the comparison circuit for. By merging the fault tolerance and the selfchecking techniques, the reliability and the. Pdf design and synthesis of selfchecking vlsi circuits. The euromicro conference on digital system design dsd addresses all aspects of. Self checking multiplexers in 4, a new tworail checker trc circuit is presented, to detect the presence of logic faults such as bridging and stuckon. Kop selfchecking and faulttolerant digital design av parag k lala pa.
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