Transient Fault Sensitivity Analysis of Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs)
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Reliability of systems used in spa e, avioni and biomedi al appli ations is highly riti al. Su h systems onsist of an analog front-end to olle t data, an ADC to onvert the olle ted data to digital form and a digital unit to pro ess it. It is important to analyze the fault sensitivities of ea h of these to e e tively gauge and improve the reliability of the system. This paper addresses the issue of fault sensitivity of ADCs. A generi methodology for analyzing the fault sensitivity of ADCs is presented. A novel on ept of \node weights" spei to -parti le indu ed transient faults is introdu ed to in rease the a ura y of su h an analysis.
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