Invention Publication
- 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.: US20230170038A1Publication Date: 2023-06-01
- 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
- Main IPC: G11C29/44
- IPC: G11C29/44 ; G11C29/38 ; G11C29/00 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C7/10

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.
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
- US12112820B2 Single event effect mitigation with smart-redundancy Public/Granted day:2024-10-08
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