Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Single event effect mitigation with smart-redundancy
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Application No.: US17539923Application Date: 2021-12-01
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Publication No.: US12112820B2Publication Date: 2024-10-08
- Inventor: Aurelien Alacchi , Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon
- Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
- Applicant Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
- Current Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Agency: Thorpe North & Western, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C29/44
- IPC: G11C29/44 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C29/00 ; G11C29/38

Abstract:
Electronic devices and methods for single event effect mitigation are described. The device can include a processor, a memory cell, and an integrated particle sensor. The memory cell can comprise a substrate, a deep well coupled to the substrate, and a ground-coupled well coupled to the deep well. The integrated particle sensor can be coupled between the substrate and the deep well, and the ground-coupled well and the deep well. The integrated particle sensor can be operable to detect an ionizing particle generating the single event effect. The electronic device can be a field-programmable gate array. The method can include detecting an ionizing particle generating a single event effect at a memory cell of the electronic device, switching from the memory cell to a redundant memory cell associated with the memory cell when the single event effect is detected, and reconfiguring the memory cell based on the redundant memory cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230170038A1 Single Event Effect Mitigation with Smart-Redundancy Public/Granted day:2023-06-01
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