An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance

High-end commercial silicon chips used in aerospace and other industries utilize technology nodes at deep sub-micron levels. Efforts are underway to assess the feasibility of integrating even smaller nano-scale devices for secure communication, high-speed computing, and data storage. Due to radiatio...

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Main Authors: M. Deepa, P. Augusta Sophy Beulet
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description High-end commercial silicon chips used in aerospace and other industries utilize technology nodes at deep sub-micron levels. Efforts are underway to assess the feasibility of integrating even smaller nano-scale devices for secure communication, high-speed computing, and data storage. Due to radiation impacts, these nanoscale technologies are susceptible to both temporary and permanent errors. Various mitigation techniques have been employed to address these errors, Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) being the most widely used, despite its 200% area overhead (without the voter block). Digital FIR filtering is a versatile tool with a wide range of applications in RADAR signal processing, telecommunication systems, image and speech processing, and fault-tolerant FIR filters (FTFIR) are crucial for some applications. This work proposes an area-efficient TMR architecture based on a fast 3-parallel FIR structure. Instead of the default TMR approach of triplicating the FIR filters, a polyphase-decomposed parallel fast FIR filter algorithm (FFA) is used. This three-parallel structure reduces hardware requirements hence area, and enhances performance. Compared to conventional TMR designs, the proposed fast 3-parallel architecture implemented in 45nm technology with a matching voter is more efficient, saving 51% of the area and 77% of the power.
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spelling doaj-art-36062c355b244d87925b4dcb20a351c82025-08-20T02:19:53ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011217766317767310.1109/ACCESS.2024.350591610767249An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault ToleranceM. Deepa0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-6305P. Augusta Sophy Beulet1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7526-5108School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), VIT University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaCentre for Nanoelectronics and VLSI Design (CNVD), School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), VIT University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaHigh-end commercial silicon chips used in aerospace and other industries utilize technology nodes at deep sub-micron levels. Efforts are underway to assess the feasibility of integrating even smaller nano-scale devices for secure communication, high-speed computing, and data storage. Due to radiation impacts, these nanoscale technologies are susceptible to both temporary and permanent errors. Various mitigation techniques have been employed to address these errors, Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) being the most widely used, despite its 200% area overhead (without the voter block). Digital FIR filtering is a versatile tool with a wide range of applications in RADAR signal processing, telecommunication systems, image and speech processing, and fault-tolerant FIR filters (FTFIR) are crucial for some applications. This work proposes an area-efficient TMR architecture based on a fast 3-parallel FIR structure. Instead of the default TMR approach of triplicating the FIR filters, a polyphase-decomposed parallel fast FIR filter algorithm (FFA) is used. This three-parallel structure reduces hardware requirements hence area, and enhances performance. Compared to conventional TMR designs, the proposed fast 3-parallel architecture implemented in 45nm technology with a matching voter is more efficient, saving 51% of the area and 77% of the power.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10767249/Fault tolerant systemsFIR filtersfast FIR algorithm (FFA)parallel FIR filterTMR
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An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance
IEEE Access
Fault tolerant systems
FIR filters
fast FIR algorithm (FFA)
parallel FIR filter
TMR
title An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance
title_full An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance
title_fullStr An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance
title_full_unstemmed An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance
title_short An Area-Efficient TMR Architecture Inspired From Fast FIR Algorithm for Fault Tolerance
title_sort area efficient tmr architecture inspired from fast fir algorithm for fault tolerance
topic Fault tolerant systems
FIR filters
fast FIR algorithm (FFA)
parallel FIR filter
TMR
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10767249/
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