An Accurate SER Estimation Method Based on Propagation Probability

TL;DR

This paper introduces a rapid and precise SER estimation method for digital circuits using error propagation probability, significantly reducing computation time while maintaining accuracy close to traditional simulation techniques.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel SER estimation approach based on EPP that is both highly accurate and substantially faster than existing random simulation methods.

Findings

Within 6% accuracy of random simulation

Four to five orders of magnitude faster computation

Effective for large-scale digital circuit analysis

Abstract

In this paper, we present an accurate but very fast soft error rate (SER) estimation technique for digital circuits based on error propagation probability (EPP) computation. Experiments results and comparison of the results with the random simulation technique show that our proposed method is on average within 6% of the random simulation method and four to five orders of magnitude faster.