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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Valeria Bertacco, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Todd Michael Austin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Smitha Shyam, San Jose, CA (US);
Kypros Constantinides, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sujay Phadke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Valeria Bertacco, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Todd Michael Austin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Smitha Shyam, San Jose, CA (US);
Kypros Constantinides, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sujay Phadke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microprocessor has a silicon area comprising a plurality of transistors implemented on the silicon area and a fault detection circuit occupying less than 20% of the silicon area and configured to detect faults at runtime in at least 80% of the plurality of transistors.