A self-adaptive SEU mitigation system for FPGAs with an internal block RAM radiation particle sensor

Glein R, Schmidt B, Rittner F, Teich J, Ziener D (2014)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2014

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Pages Range: 251-258

Article Number: 6861641

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM 2014)

Event location: Boston US

ISBN: 9781479951116

DOI: 10.1109/FCCM.2014.79

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a self-adaptive FPGAbased, partially reconfigurable system for space missions in order to mitigate Single Event Upsets in the FPGA configuration and fabric. Dynamic reconfiguration is used here for an on-demand replication of modules in dependence of current and changing radiation levels. More precisely, the idea is to trigger a redundancy scheme such as Dual Modular Redundancy or Triple Modular Redundancy in response to a continuously monitored Single Event Upset rate measured inside the on-chip memories itself, e.g., any subset (even used) internal Block RAMs. Depending on the current radiation level, the minimal number of replicas is determined at runtime under the constraint that a required Safety Integrity Level for a module is ensured and configured accordingly. For signal processing applications it is shown that this autonomous adaption to the different solar conditions realizes a resource efficient mitigation. In our case study, we show that it is possible to triplicate the data throughput at the Solar Maximum condition (no flares) compared to a Triple Modular Redundancy implementation of a single module. We also show the decreasing Probability of Failures Per Hour by 2 × 10 at flare-enhanced conditions compared with a non-redundant system. Our work is a part of the In-Orbit Verification of the Heinrich Hertz communication satellite.

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APA:

Glein, R., Schmidt, B., Rittner, F., Teich, J., & Ziener, D. (2014). A self-adaptive SEU mitigation system for FPGAs with an internal block RAM radiation particle sensor. In Proceedings of Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM 2014) (pp. 251-258). Boston, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Glein, Robert, et al. "A self-adaptive SEU mitigation system for FPGAs with an internal block RAM radiation particle sensor." Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, FCCM 2014, Boston Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. 251-258.

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