Recovery method for a laser array failure on dynamic optically reconfigurable gate arrays

Daisaku Seto, Minoru Watanabe

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Abstract

Demand is increasing daily for a large-gate-count robust VLSI chip that can be used in a radiation-rich space environment. Since they exploit the large storage capacity of a holographic memory, optically reconfigurable gate arrays (ORGAs) have been developed to realize a much larger virtual gate count than those of current VLSI chips. The ORGA architecture is extremely robust for many failure modes caused by high-energy charged particles. Among such developments, dynamic optically reconfigurable gate arrays (DORGAs) have been developed to realize a high-gate-density VLSI using a photodiode memory architecture. Unfortunately, the DORGA architecture is more sensitive to the unallowable turn-off failure mode of a laser array. Therefore, this paper presents a recovery method for a turn-off failure mode of a laser array on a DORGA and its demonstration results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 25th International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, DFT 2010
Pages411-419
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 25th International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, DFT 2010 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: Oct 6 2010Oct 8 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems
ISSN (Print)1550-5774

Conference

Conference2010 25th International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, DFT 2010
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period10/6/1010/8/10

Keywords

  • Defect tolerance
  • Field programmable gate arrays
  • Laser arrays
  • Optically reconfigurable gate arrays

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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