FIFA: A fault-injection–fault-analysis-based tool for reliability assessment at RTL level

► We present an efficient platform for reliability analysis of digital circuits. ► It is based on the fault-injection–fault-analysis approach. ► The proposed IP, named FIFA, is fully parameterizable. ► Several fault models as well as multiple faults are supported. ► FIFA features exceed those report...

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Published in:Microelectronics and reliability 2011-09, Vol.51 (9-11), p.1459-1463
Main Authors: Naviner, L.A.B., Naviner, J.-F., dos Santos, G.G., Marques, E.C., Paiva, N.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Assessments
Circuit properties
Digital circuits
Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits
Electronic circuits
Electronics
Engineering Sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Faults
Hardware
IP (Internet Protocol)
Platforms
Robustness
Synthesis
Testing, measurement, noise and reliability
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Summary:► We present an efficient platform for reliability analysis of digital circuits. ► It is based on the fault-injection–fault-analysis approach. ► The proposed IP, named FIFA, is fully parameterizable. ► Several fault models as well as multiple faults are supported. ► FIFA features exceed those reported in the literature in terms of cost and performance. This paper presents an efficient platform for fault robustness estimation of digital circuits. The proposed platform, named FIFA, was designed as a hardware IP to accelerate the Fault Injection and Fault masking Analysis approach. It supports several fault models as well as single and multiple faults. Synthesis results have shown that the proposed platform can exceed those existent in the literature in terms of area efficiency and performance. In addition, the FIFA platform allows the designer to control complexity and completeness of the analysis process.
ISSN:0026-2714
1872-941X
DOI:10.1016/j.microrel.2011.06.017