Area, reconfiguration delay and reliability trade-offs in designing reliable multi-mode FIR filtersArea, reconfiguration delay and reliability trade-offs in designing reliable multi-mode FIR filters Πλήρης Δημοσίευση σε Συνέδριο Conference Full Paper 2015-11-122011enWide range of digital systems from wireless devices to multi-media terminals are characterized by their multi-mode behavior. Many of these systems are deployed in high-radiation environments [5]. SRAM-based FPGAs are popular platforms to implement multi-mode systems, because of their high performance and reconfigurability. However, high susceptibility of FPGAs toward Soft Errors makes them less-than-reliable platforms. To overcome the reliability issue, various redundancy techniques have been proposed. These techniques exhibit different design and reliability characteristics. Considering the combined effect of design decisions and reliability techniques on system characteristics a coherent strategy should be devised to meet system requirements and constraints. In this work we propose a method to explore the design space for implementing a reliable multi-mode system. As we will show, different selections of design parameters and redundancy techniques generate a range of solutions which trade-off total area, reconfiguration overhead and reliability of the system. The choice of a specific solution remains a decision made by the system-designer.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/82-87IEEE International Design and Test Workshop (IDT), in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Gholamipour Amir Hossein Papadimitriou Kyprianos Παπαδημητριου Κυπριανος Kurdahi, Fadi Dollas Apostolos Δολλας Αποστολος Eltawil Ahmed Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer memory systems Computers--Memory systems Computers--Storage devices Electronic digital computers--Memory systems Storage devices, Computer computer storage devices computer memory systems computers memory systems computers storage devices electronic digital computers memory systems storage devices computer