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by David Kaushinsky, Application Engineer, Mentor Graphics
I. INTRODUCTION
All types of electronic systems can malfunction due to external factors. The main sources causing faults within electronic components are radiation, electromigration and electromagnetic interference. The evaluation of a fault- tolerant system is a complex task that requires the use of different levels of modeling. Compared with other possible approaches such as proving or analytical modeling, fault injection is particularly attractive.
Fault injection is a key requirement of functional safety standards like the Automotive ISO 26262 and is highly recommended during hardware integration tests to verify the completeness and correctness of the safety mechanisms
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