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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

William V. Huott, Holmes, NY (US);

Kevin W. Kark, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

John G. Massey, Jericho, VT (US);

K. Paul Muller, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

David L. Rude, Wendell, NC (US);

David S. Wolpert, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for configuring the placement of a plurality of storage cells on an integrated circuit includes grouping the plurality of storage cells into a plurality of words, where each of the plurality of words is protected by an error control mechanism. The method also includes placing each of the storage cells on the integrated circuit such that a distance between any two of the storage cells belonging to one of the plurality of words is greater than a minimum distance. The minimum distance is configured such that a probability of any of the plurality of words experiencing multiple radiation induced errors is below a threshold value.


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