Analysis of the influence of intermittent faults in a microcontroller

Proceedings - 2008 IEEE Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, DDECS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 80-85

  Gracia, J ^a   Saiz, L J ^a   Baraza, J C ^a   Gil, D ^a   Gil, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intermittent faults; VHDL based fault injection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRON TUBES; MICROCONTROLLERS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

INTERMITTENT FAULTS; VHDL-BASED FAULT INJECTION;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 50649108927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DDECS.2008.4538761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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