发明授权
- 专利标题: Apparatus and methods for controlled error injection
- 专利标题(中): 用于控制误差注入的装置和方法
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申请号: US13183147申请日: 2011-07-14
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公开(公告)号: US08650447B1公开(公告)日: 2014-02-11
- 发明人: Curt Wortman , Keith Duwel , Huy Ngo
- 申请人: Curt Wortman , Keith Duwel , Huy Ngo
- 申请人地址: US CA San Jose
- 专利权人: Altera Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Altera Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA San Jose
- 代理机构: Okamoto & Benedicto LLP
- 主分类号: G01R31/28
- IPC分类号: G01R31/28 ; G01R27/28 ; G01R31/00 ; G01R31/14 ; G11C7/00 ; G11C29/00
摘要:
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, precision control of error injection may be accomplished by way of synchronous error signals accompanying data transfers along various pipeline stages of a data path. The synchronous error signals may be used to trigger error events in a given protocol logic block (i.e. in a given sub-component of the data path). The protocol logic block is configurable to determine whether any action is to be taken upon the assertion of the error signal. Multiple error events may be triggered as the data signal (and its accompanying synchronous error signal) passes through pipelined functions of the data path so as to create complex error conditions. In addition, deterministic handling of created errors may be accomplished using a loopback path with bypassable blocks on both forward and reverse transformations. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.