Patent ID: 11949603
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A network-on-chip (NoC) system, comprising:
a default communication path between a master processing device and a slave data device;
a first set of NoC modules operatively connected along the default communication path and routed via a first set of conductive layers;
a backup communication path between the master processing device and the slave data device, the backup communication path configured to serve as a backup for the default communication path when a fault arises in the default communication path;
a second set of NoC modules operatively connected along the backup communication path and routed via a second set of conductive layers, the first set of conductive layers being different from the second set of conductive layers;
a safety controller configured to issue a signal in response to a fault detected; and
a data checker disposed between the safety controller and one of the master processing device and the slave data device.