Title :
Ultra fast and low cost parallel two-rail code checker targeting high fan-in applications
Author :
Matakias, S. ; Tsiatouhas, Y. ; Haniotakis, Th ; Arapoyanni, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics & Telecommun., Athens Univ., Greece
Abstract :
A novel current mode, periodic outputs, parallel two-rail code (TRC) checker is presented. The proposed topology is suitable for the implementation of high n-variable (high fan-in) two-rail code checkers targeting applications with a high count of monitoring lines. Compared to previous solutions, the new checker is characterised by high operating frequencies and low silicon area requirements while maintaining lower power operation at higher n-variable values.
Keywords :
automatic testing; error detection codes; fault diagnosis; logic testing; low-power electronics; silicon; Si; TRC; area requirements; code checkers; current mode; high fan-in; high n-variable; high operating frequencies; low silicon; lower power operation; monitoring lines; parallel two-rail code checker; periodic outputs; Application software; Circuit faults; Computer science; Computer science education; Concurrent computing; Costs; Informatics; Monitoring; Silicon; Telecommunication computing;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI, 2004. Proceedings. IEEE Computer society Annual Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2097-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISVLSI.2004.1339562
