Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiation tolerance by clock signal interleaving
- Patent Title (中): 通过时钟信号交错的辐射容差
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Application No.: US12051002Application Date: 2008-03-19
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Publication No.: US08271912B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Matthew R. Ellavsky , AJ KleinOsowski , Scott M. Willenborg
- Applicant: Matthew R. Ellavsky , AJ KleinOsowski , Scott M. Willenborg
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Libby Z. Toub; Jack V. Musgrove
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
A method for designing integrated circuits uses clock signal interleaving to reduce the likelihood of a soft error arising from an upset in a clock distribution network. At least two circuits in a circuit description are identified as being sensitive to radiation, and different clock distribution nodes are assigned to the two circuits. Several exemplary implementations are disclosed. The second circuit may be a redundant replica of the first circuit, such as a reset circuit. The first and second circuits may be components of a modular redundant circuit such as a triple modular redundancy flip-flop. The first circuit may include a set of data bits for an entry of a storage array such as a register or memory array, and the second circuit may include a set of check bits associated with the entry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090241073A1 Radiation Tolerance by Clock Signal Interleaving Public/Granted day:2009-09-24
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