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Safety-Related ASIC-Design in Terms of the Standard IEC 61508

Authors:
Ali Hayek
Josef Börcsök

Keywords: Safety-related systems;Integrated Circuits; IEC 61508; on-chip redundancy

Abstract:
Due to the continuing development of semiconductor structures, it can be allowed nowadays to integrate more robust and high-efficient systems into a very small area of silicon. In such system-on-chip all individual components of a target system can be integrated into a single silicon die at lowest level, which in turn contributes in saving the substantial space and reduces power consumption and production costs. With the consideration of the miniaturization of safety-related systems into system-on-chips, where usually complete redundant architectures along with memory and interfaces are integrated into small silicon structures, many advantages can be taken into account. These advantages extend to all levels of the development cycle. In the present paper, the advantages of the miniaturization of integrated 1oo2D-safety architecture (one out of two with diagnosis) and its safety-aware implementation in terms of the safety standard IEC 61508 are presented.

Pages: 16 to 21

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: April 21, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3700

ISBN: 978-1-61208-268-4

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 21, 2013 to April 26, 2013