Hardware Fault Injection

Luis Entrena (1) , C. Lopez-Ongil (1) , M. Garcia-Valderas (1) , M. Portela-Garcia (1) , M. Nicolaidis (2)

1 UC3M - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid [Madrid]
2 TIMA - Techniques de l'Informatique et de la Microélectronique pour l'Architecture des systèmes intégrés

Hardware fault injection is the widely accepted approach to evaluate the behavior of a circuit in the presence of faults. Thus, it plays a key role in the design of robust circuits. This chapter presents a comprehensive review of hardware fault injection techniques, including physical and logical approaches. The implementation of effective fault injection systems is also analyzed. Particular emphasis is made on the recently developed emulation-based techniques, which can provide large flexibility along with unprecedented levels of performance. These capabilities provide a way to tackle reliability evaluation of complex circuits.

Mots clés: FAULT INJECTION; hardware

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Luis Entrena, C. Lopez-Ongil, M. Garcia-Valderas, M. Portela-Garcia, M. Nicolaidis. Hardware Fault Injection. Soft Errors in Modern Electronic Systems, Springer, pp.141-166, 2010, Frontiers in Electronic Testing, Volume 41. ⟨hal-00564561⟩