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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2023
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Mihir Narendra Mody, Bangalore, IN;
Niraj Nandan, Plano, TX (US);
Hetul Sanghvi, Richardson, TX (US);
Manoj Koul, Allen, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and articles of manufacture provide an efficient safety mechanism for signal processing hardware. An example system includes a hardware accelerators, including a first hardware accelerator, and a second hardware accelerator coupled to the first hardware accelerator. Each of the first and second hardware accelerators includes a protected memory and an unprotected memory, and at least one of the hardware accelerators has an outlier filter. The system also includes a memory coupled to the hardware accelerators; and interface protectors, including a first interface protector coupled between the first hardware accelerator and the memory; a second interface protector coupled between the first hardware accelerator, the memory, and the second hardware accelerator; and a third interface protector coupled between the second hardware accelerator and the memory.