Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Publisher
IEEE
Publication Date
5-2013
Abstract
This work extends the analysis and application of a digital error correction method called Muller C-element Decoding (MCD), which has been proposed for fault masking in logic circuits comprised of unreliable elements. The proposed technique employs cascaded Muller C-elements and XOR gates to achieve efficient error-correction in the presence of internal upsets. The error-correction analysis of MCD architecture and the investigation of C-element’s robustness are first introduced. We demonstrate that the MCD is able to produce error-correction benefit in a high error-rate of internal faults. Significantly, for a (3,6) short-length LDPC code, when the decoding process is internally error-free the MCD achieves also a gain in terms of decoding performance by comparison to the well-known Gallager Bit-Flipping method. We further consider application of MCD to a general-purpose fault-tolerant model, coded Dual Modular Redundancy (cDMR), which offers low-redundancy error-resilience for contemporary logic systems as well as future nanoeletronic architectures.
Recommended Citation
Tang, Y.; Winstead, Chris J.; Jego, C.; Boutillon, E.; and Jezequel, M., "Muller C-element based Decoder (MCD): A Decoder Against Transient Faults" (2013). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 51.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ece_facpub/51
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