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Post-Configuration Repair Strategy for Asynchronous Nanowire Crossbar System
Proceedings of the IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (2012, Boise, ID)
  • Jun Wu
  • Yong-Bin Kim
  • Minsu Choi, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The recently proposed asynchronous nanowire crossbar architecture is envisioned to enhance the manufacturability and robustness of nanowire crossbar-based configurable digital circuits by removing various timing-related failure modes. Even though the proposed clock-free nanowire crossbar architecture has numerous technical merits over its clocked counterparts, it is still subject to high defect rates inherently induced by the nondeterministic nanoscale assembly of nanowire crossbars. To address this issue, a novel post-configuration repair strategy specific to the asynchronous nanowire crossbar architecture has been proposed. The proposed repair strategy is to selectively test highly defect-prone ON-state programmed crosspoints and reconfigure the given logic function to circumvent the ON-crosspoints tested as faulty by utilizing redundant rows/columns.

Meeting Name
IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems: MWSCAS (2012: Aug. 5-8, Boise, ID)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Crossbar Architecture,
  • Defect Rate,
  • Functional Testing,
  • Logic Functions,
  • Manufacturability,
  • Nanoscale Assemblies,
  • Repair Strategy,
  • Clocks,
  • Defects,
  • Fault Tolerance,
  • Nanowires,
  • Redundancy,
  • Repair,
  • Asynchronous Sequential Logic,
  • Asynchronous Nanowire Crossbar Architecture,
  • Defect & Fault-Tolerance,
  • Post-Configuration Repair
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1467325264; 978-1467325271
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
8-1-2012
Publication Date
01 Aug 2012
Citation Information
Jun Wu, Yong-Bin Kim and Minsu Choi. "Post-Configuration Repair Strategy for Asynchronous Nanowire Crossbar System" Proceedings of the IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (2012, Boise, ID) (2012) p. 174 - 177 ISSN: 1548-3746; 1558-3899
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/minsu-choi/81/