Reliability, availability are extremely important aspects of the overall performance of a digital controller. The safety, in addition, becomes a vital aspect for the space flight applications. In otherwords, a space-flight controller ought to be fault-secure. The present paper presents an architecture, fault-secure and self-checking for a processor which is mainly intended for space-flight controllers. The fault-secureness of a processor means that it never produces an incorrect output due to a fault unless it simultaneously announces the occurrence of that fault. Different techniques of concurrent fault-detection are applied and self-checking circuits are used, which result in minimizing the mean-time-to-detection (MTTD). The error-indication signals aid the system fault-diagnosis which reduces to minimum the repair time. Thus, the system maintainability and availability are well improved.
EL-Lithy, M. (1987). RELIABLE FAULT-SECURE PROCESSOR FOR SPACE-FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology, 2(A.S.A.T. CONFERENCE 21-23 April 1987 , CAIRO), 999-1009. doi: 10.21608/asat.1987.26197
MLA
M. EL-Lithy. "RELIABLE FAULT-SECURE PROCESSOR FOR SPACE-FLIGHT CONTROLLERS". International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology, 2, A.S.A.T. CONFERENCE 21-23 April 1987 , CAIRO, 1987, 999-1009. doi: 10.21608/asat.1987.26197
HARVARD
EL-Lithy, M. (1987). 'RELIABLE FAULT-SECURE PROCESSOR FOR SPACE-FLIGHT CONTROLLERS', International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology, 2(A.S.A.T. CONFERENCE 21-23 April 1987 , CAIRO), pp. 999-1009. doi: 10.21608/asat.1987.26197
VANCOUVER
EL-Lithy, M. RELIABLE FAULT-SECURE PROCESSOR FOR SPACE-FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology, 1987; 2(A.S.A.T. CONFERENCE 21-23 April 1987 , CAIRO): 999-1009. doi: 10.21608/asat.1987.26197
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