Error Correction Method Based on the Short-Duration Offline Test
Jan Bělohoubek, Petr Fišer, Jan Schmidt · 2016
The method proposed in this paper allows to construct error-correcting systems by combining time and area redundancy. In such a system, error detection is performed online, while error correction uses a short-duration offline test. The time penalty caused by the offline test applies only when an error is detected. The error-correcting ability in such a system is comparable with TMR, the area overhead is smaller for a class of circuits, and the delay penalty caused by the offline test remains reasonably small. The short-duration offline test is possible only when extensive design-for-test practices are used. Therefore, a novel gate structure is presented, which allows to construct combinational circuits testable by a short-duration offline test. The proposed test offers complete fault coverage with respect to the stuck-on and stuck-open fault model.