Analyzing the Influence of using Reconfiguration Memory Scrubber and Hardware Redundancy in a Radiation Hardened FPGA under Heavy Ions

Abstract

This work investigates the influence of using the built-in configuration memory scrubber and triple modular hardware redundancy in the cross section of a radiation-hardened SRAM-based FPGA from NanoXplore. Different designs versions are investigated under heavy ions for the occurrence of transient errors, failures, and timeouts. The calculated dynamic cross-sections are in agreement with the expected order of magnitude of radiation hardened SRAM-based FPGAs. Results show that the most reliable configuration is using DSPs for the operational logic and applying full design redundancy combined with scrubbing.