Modified stability checking for on-line error detection

We propose a unified error detection technique, based on stability checking, for on-line detection of delay, crosstalk and transient faults in combinational circuits and SEUs in sequential elements. Our method, called Modified Stability Checking (MSC), overcomes the limitations of the earlier stability checking methods. We also propose a novel checker circuit to realize this scheme. The checker is self-checking for a Wide set of realistic internal faults including transient faults. Extensive circuit simulations have been done to characterize the checker circuit. A prototype checker circuit for a 1mm(2) standard cell array has been implemented in a 0.13um process.