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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
William R. Foland, Jr., Golden, CO (US);
Eric A. Richards, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher L. Painter, Longmont, CO (US);
William R. Foland, Jr., Golden, CO (US);
Eric A. Richards, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher L. Painter, Longmont, CO (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for fault protection using a linear feedback shift register are presented. The system comprises a protected register containing a first portion for holding a value for a sequence of numbers and a second portion for other parameters. The system also comprises a linear feedback shift register circuit configured to write the sequence of numbers to the first portion of the protected register. If the written sequence of numbers of the protected register matches a reference sequence of numbers, a rewrite circuit is configured to write the second portion of the protected register.