Master Thesis

ABSTRACT

A NOVEL FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE ON A RUNTIME RECONFIGURABLE FPGA

COŞKUNER, İbrahim Aydın

M.S., Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hasan Cengiz Güran

November 2006, 128 Pages

Due to their programmable nature, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) offer a good test environment for reconfigurable systems. FPGAs can be reconfigured during the operation with changing demands. This feature, known as Runtime Reconfiguration (RTR), can be used to speed-up computations and reduce system cost. Moreover, it can be used in a wide range of applications such as adaptable hardware, fault tolerant architectures. This thesis is mostly concentrated on the runtime reconfigurable architectures. Critical properties of runtime reconfigurable architectures are examined. As a case study, a Triple Modular Redundant (TMR) system has been implemented on a runtime reconfigurable FPGA. The runtime reconfigurable structure increases the system reliability against faults. Especially, the weakness of SRAM based FPGAs against Single Event Upsets (SEUs) is eliminated by the designed system. Besides, the system can replace faulty elements with non-faulty elements during the operation. These features of the developed architecture provide extra safety to the system also prolong the life of the FPGA device without interrupting the whole system.

Keywords: Runtime Reconfiguration, Partial Reconfiguration, Fault Tolerant Reconfigurable Systems

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