发明名称 |
Radiation hardened by design digital input/output circuits and related methods |
摘要 |
Embodiments of radiation hardened by design digital input/output circuits are described herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
申请公布号 |
US9191009(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.11.17 |
申请号 |
US201012776188 |
申请日期 |
2010.05.07 |
申请人 |
Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of Arizona State University |
发明人 |
Clark Lawrence T.;Nielsen Kyle E. |
分类号 |
H03K19/23;H03K19/003 |
主分类号 |
H03K19/23 |
代理机构 |
Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C. |
代理人 |
Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C. |
主权项 |
1. An integrated circuit with radiation hardened by design protection, comprising:
input/output circuitry within the integrated circuit, the input/output circuitry comprising: a first pad of one or more pads; and a first pad circuitry of the first pad comprising a voltage level shifter; wherein: the first pad circuitry is coupled to the first pad; the first pad circuitry is triple-redundant; and a core circuit, wherein the first pad circuitry is located between the first pad and the core circuit; a first input path coupled between the first pad and the first pad circuitry to route first, second, and third copies of a data input from the first pad to the first pad circuitry; wherein: the first pad circuitry comprises: a first input driving circuit coupled between the first input path and the core circuit to transmit to the core circuit the first copy of the data input; a second input driving circuit coupled between the first input path and the core circuit to transmit to the core circuit the second copy of the data input; and a third input driving circuit coupled between the first input path and the core circuit to transmit to the core circuit the third copy of the data input; the first, second, and third input driving circuits are triple-redundant to each other; and the first, second, and third copies of the data input are triple-redundant to each other; and wherein the core circuit comprises: an input correction mechanism configured to determine a corrupt state of one of the first, second, or third copies of the data input via majority voting between the first, second, and third data inputs. |
地址 |
Scottsdale AZ US |