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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventors:

Jason R. Hamlet, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Jackson R. Mayo, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2013.01); G06F 17/505 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention describe a Boolean circuit having a voter circuit and a plurality of approximate circuits each based, at least in part, on a reference circuit. The approximate circuits are each to generate one or more output signals based on values of received input signals. The voter circuit is to receive the one or more output signals generated by each of the approximate circuits, and is to output one or more signals corresponding to a majority value of the received signals. At least some of the approximate circuits are to generate an output value different than the reference circuit for one or more input signal values; however, for each possible input signal value, the majority values of the one or more output signals generated by the approximate circuits and received by the voter circuit correspond to output signal result values of the reference circuit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hamlet, Jason. (2015). Approximate circuits for increased reliability (U.S. Patent No. 9112490). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9112490

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