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(Main)Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits - Part 2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing category B or C functions (IEC 62566-2:2020)
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits - Part 2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing category B or C functions (IEC 62566-2:2020)
This part of IEC 62566 provides requirements for achieving highly reliable HDL-Programmed
Devices (HPDs), for use in I&C systems of nuclear power plants performing functions of safety
category B or C as defined by IEC 61226.
The programming of HPDs relies on Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and related
software tools. They are typically based on blank Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or
similar micro-electronic technologies such as Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), Complex
Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), etc. General purpose integrated circuits such as
microprocessors are not HPDs. Annex B.8 provides descriptions of a number of different types
of integrated circuits.
This document provides requirements on:
a) a dedicated HPD life-cycle addressing each phase of the development of HPDs, including
specification of requirements, design, implementation, integration and validation, as well as
verification activities associated with each phase,
b) planning and complementary activities such as modification and production,
c) selection of pre-developed components. This includes micro-electronic technologies and
Pre-Developed Blocks (PDBs),
d) tools used to design, implement and verify HPDs.
This document does not put requirements on the development of the micro-electronic
technologies, which are usually available as "commercial off-the-shelf" items and are not
developed under nuclear quality assurance standards. It addresses the developments made
with these micro-electronic technologies in an I&C project with HDLs and related tools.
This document provides guidance to avoid as far as possible latent faults remaining in HPDs,
and to reduce the susceptibility to single failures as well as to potential Common Cause Failures
(CCFs).
Reliability aspects related to environmental qualification and failures due to ageing or physical
degradation are not handled in this document. Other standards, especially IEC 60987,
IEC/IEEE 60780-323 and IEC 62342, address these topics.
This document does not cover cybersecurity for HDL aspects of I&C systems. IEC 62645
provides requirements for security programmes for I&C programmable digital systems.
This document provides guidance and requirements to produce verifiable HPD designs and
implementations requiring justification due for their role in carrying out category B or C safety
functions. This document describes the activities to develop HPDs, organized in the framework
of a dedicated life-cycle. It also describes activities and guidelines to be used in addition to the
requirements of IEC 61226 for system classification and IEC 61513 for system integration and
validation when HPDs are included.
Kernkraftwerke – Leittechnik für Systeme mit sicherheitstechnischer Bedeutung – Entwicklung HDL-programmierter integrierter Schaltkreise - Teil 2: HDL-programmierte integrierte Schaltkreise für Systeme, die Funktionen der Kategorie B oder C ausführen (IEC 62566-2:2020)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance – Instrumentation et contrôle-commande importants pour la sûreté – Développement des circuits intégrés programmés en HDL – Partie 2: Circuits intégrés programmés en HDL pour les systèmes réalisant des fonctions de catégorie B ou C (IEC 62566-2:2020)
l'IEC 62566-2:2020 énonce des exigences pour atteindre une haute fiabilité dans les "circuits intégrés programmés en HDL" (HPD) destinés aux systèmes d'I&C des centrales nucléaires de puissance réalisant des fonctions de sûreté de catégorie B ou C telles que définies par l'IEC 61226.
La programmation des HPD repose sur des langages de description de matériel (HDL) et des outils logiciels associés. Les HPD sont typiquement basés sur des réseaux de portes programmables sur site (FPGA) vierges ou sur des technologies microélectroniques similaires telles que les réseaux logiques programmables (PLD), les réseaux logiques programmables complexes (CPLD), etc. Les circuits intégrés d'usage général tels que les microprocesseurs ne sont pas des HPD.
Le présent document énonce des exigences sur:
a) un cycle de vie de HPD dédié concernant chaque phase du développement des HPD, notamment la spécification des exigences, la conception, la réalisation, l'intégration et la validation, ainsi que les activités de vérification associées à chacune des phases;
b) la planification et les activités complémentaires telles que la modification et la production;
c) le choix des composants prédéveloppés, notamment les technologies microélectroniques et les blocs prédéveloppés (PDB);
d) les outils utilisés pour concevoir, réaliser et vérifier les HPD.
Jedrske elektrarne - Merilna in nadzorna oprema za zagotavljanje varnosti - Razvoj HDL-programiranih integriranih vezij - 2. del: HDL-programirana integrirana vezja za sisteme, ki izvajajo funkcije kategorije B ali C (IEC 62566-2:2020)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 62566-2:2021
01-januar-2021
Jedrske elektrarne - Merilna in nadzorna oprema za zagotavljanje varnosti - Razvoj
HDL-programiranih integriranih vezij - 2. del: HDL-programirana integrirana vezja
za sisteme, ki izvajajo funkcije kategorije B ali C (IEC 62566-2:2020)
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety -
Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits - Part 2: HDL-programmed
integrated circuits for systems performing category B or C functions (IEC 62566-2:2020)
Kernkraftwerke – Leittechnik für Systeme mit sicherheitstechnischer Bedeutung –
Entwicklung HDL-programmierter integrierter Schaltkreise - Teil 2: HDL-programmierte
integrierte Schaltkreise für Systeme, die Funktionen der Kategorie B oder C ausführen
(IEC 62566-2:2020)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance – Instrumentation et contrôle-commande importants
pour la sûreté – Développement des circuits intégrés programmés en HDL – Partie 2:
Circuits intégrés programmés en HDL pour les systèmes réalisant des fonctions de
catégorie B ou C (IEC 62566-2:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62566-2:2020
ICS:
27.120.20 Jedrske elektrarne. Varnost Nuclear power plants. Safety
31.200 Integrirana vezja, Integrated circuits.
mikroelektronika Microelectronics
SIST EN IEC 62566-2:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62566-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2020
ICS 27.120.20
English Version
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems
important to safety - Development of HDL-programmed
integrated circuits - Part 2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits
for systems performing category B or C functions
(IEC 62566-2:2020)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance - Instrumentation et Kernkraftwerke - Leittechnik für Systeme mit
contrôle-commande importants pour la sûreté - sicherheitstechnischer Bedeutung - Entwicklung HDL-
Développement des circuits intégrés programmés en HDL - programmierter integrierter Schaltkreise - Teil 2: HDL-
Partie 2: Circuits intégrés programmés en HDL pour les programmierte integrierte Schaltkreise für Systeme, die
systèmes réalisant des fonctions de catégorie B ou C Funktionen der Kategorie B oder C ausführen
(IEC 62566-2:2020) (IEC 62566-2:2020)
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EN IEC 62566-2:2020 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN IEC 62566-2:2020) consists of the text of document IEC 62566-2:2020, prepared by
IEC/SC 45A "Instrumentation and control of nuclear facilities" of IEC/TC 45 "Nuclear instrumentation".
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2021-11-16
implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2023-11-16
conflicting with this document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
As stated in the nuclear safety directive 2009/71/EURATOM, Chapter 1, Article 2, item 2, Member States
are not prevented from taking more stringent safety measures in the subject-matter covered by the
Directive, in compliance with Community law.
In a similar manner, this European standard does not prevent Member States from taking more stringent
nuclear safety and/or security measures in the subject-matter covered by this standard.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62566-2:2020 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC/IEEE 60780-323:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60780-323:2017 (not modified)
IEC 61508-1:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-1:2010 (not modified)
IEC 61508-2:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-2:2010 (not modified)
IEC 61508-3:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-3:2010 (not modified)
IEC 61508-4:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-4:2010 (not modified)
IEC 62645 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62645
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60880 2006 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 60880 2009
control systems important to safety -
Software aspects for computer-based
systems performing category A functions
IEC 60987 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 60987 -
control important to safety - Hardware
design requirements for computer-based
systems
IEC 61226 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61226 -
control important to safety - Classification of
instrumentation and control functions
IEC 61513 2011 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61513 2013
control important to safety - General
requirements for systems
IEC 62138 2018 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN IEC 62138 2019
control systems important to safety -
Software aspects for computer-based
systems performing category B or C
functions
IEC 62340 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 62340 -
control systems important to safety -
Requirements for coping with common
cause failure (CCF)
IEC 62566 2012 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 62566 2014
control important to safety - Development of
HDL-programmed integrated circuits for
systems performing category A functions
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 11
3 Terms and definitions . 11
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 18
5 General requirements for HPD projects . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Life-cycle . 19
5.3 Gradation principals . 21
5.4 HPD quality assurance . 22
5.4.1 General . 22
5.5 Configuration management . 23
5.5.1 General . 23
5.6 HPD Verification . 23
6 HPD requirements specification . 24
6.1 General . 24
6.1.1 Overview . 24
6.2 Functional aspects of the requirements specification . 25
6.2.1 General . 25
6.3 Fault detection and fault tolerance . 26
6.4 Requirements capture using Electronic System Level tools . 26
6.4.1 General . 26
6.4.2 Requirements on the formalism of tools used at ESL level . 27
6.4.3 Interface with design tools . 27
7 Acceptance process for programmable integrated circuits, native blocks and Pre-
Developed Blocks . 27
7.1 General . 27
7.2 Acceptance process for programmable integrated circuits and included
native blocks . 27
7.2.1 General . 27
7.2.2 Integrated Circuit acceptance . 28
7.3 Acceptance process for PDBs . 29
7.3.1 General . 29
7.3.2 PDB functional suitability . 29
7.3.3 Documentation for safety of PDBs . 30
7.3.4 Generation of supporting documentation for safety . 30
7.3.5 Complementary means . 32
7.3.6 Rules of use . 32
7.3.7 Modification for acceptance . 33
8 HPD design and implementation . 33
8.1 General . 33
8.2 Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and related tools . 33
8.2.1 General . 33
8.3 Design . 33
8.3.1 General . 33
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8.3.2 Fault detection . 35
8.3.3 Language and coding rules . 35
8.3.4 Synchronous vs. asynchronous design . 36
8.3.5 Power Management . 37
8.3.6 Design documentation . 37
8.4 Implementation . 37
8.4.1 Products . 37
8.4.2 Files of parameters and constraints . 37
8.4.3 Post-route analyses . 37
8.4.4 Redundancies introduced or removed by the tools . 38
8.4.5 Finite state machines . 38
8.4.6 Static Timing Analysis . 38
8.4.7 Implementation documentation . 38
8.5 System level tools and automated code generation . 39
8.5.1 General . 39
9 HPD integration and testing . 39
9.1 General . 39
9.2 Test-benches for HPD functional simulation . 40
9.3 Test coverage . 40
9.4 Test execution . 41
10 HPD aspects of system integration . 41
10.1 General . 41
10.2 Requirements . 41
11 HPD aspects of system validation . 42
11.1 General . 42
11.2 Requirements . 42
12 Modification . 43
12.1 Modification of the requirements, design or implementation . 43
12.1.1 General . 43
12.2 Modification of the micro-electronic technology . 45
13 HPD production . 45
13.1 General . 45
13.2 Production tests . 45
13.3 Programming files and programming activities . 45
14 HPD aspects of installation, commissioning and operation . 46
14.1 General . 46
14.1.1 Overview . 46
14.2 Anomaly reports . 46
15 Software tools for the development of HPDs . 46
15.1 General . 46
15.1.1 Overview . 46
15.2 Additional requirements for design, implementation and simulation tools . 47
16 Design segmentation or partitioning . 48
16.1 Background. 48
16.2 Auxiliary or support functions . 48
16.2.1 General . 48
16.2.2 Partitioning of auxiliary or support functions or functions of an inferior
safety category . 48
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17 Defences against HPD Common Cause Failure . 49
Annex A (informative) Documentation . 50
A.1 General . 50
A.2 Project . 50
A.3 HPD requirement specification . 50
A.4 Acceptance of blank integrated circuits, Native Blocks and PDBs . 50
A.5 HPD design and implementation . 50
A.6 HPD integration and testing . 51
A.7 HPD aspects of system integration. 51
A.8 HPD aspects of system validation . 51
A.9 Modification . 51
A.10 HPD production . 51
A.11 Software tools for the development of HPDs . 51
Annex B (informative) Development of HPDs . 52
B.1 General . 52
B.2 Optional capture of requirements at Electronic System Level . 52
B.3 HPD and system life-cycle . 52
B.4 Design . 53
B.5 Acceptance process for programmable integrated circuits, native blocks and
Pre-Developed Blocks . 54
B.6 Implementation . 54
B.7 HPD integration and testing . 55
B.8 Types of specific integrated circuits . 55
B.8.1 General . 55
B.8.2 PAL (Programmable Array Logic) . 56
B.8.3 PLD, CPLD (Programmable Logic Device, Complex PLD) . 56
B.8.4 FPGA . 56
B.8.5 Gate Array, or pre-diffused integrated circuit . 57
B.8.6 Standard Cells . 57
B.8.7 “Full custom ASIC”, or “raw ASIC” . 57
Bibliography . 58
Figure 1 – System life-cycle (informative, as defined by IEC 61513) . 20
Figure 2 – HPD life-cycle . 21
Figure 3 – Overview of selection and acceptance process for blank Integrated Circuits
and native blocks . 28
Figure 4 – Overview of selection and acceptance process for PDBs . 29
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS –
INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY –
DEVELOPMENT OF HDL-PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS –
Part 2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits
for systems performing category B or C functions
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A list of all parts in the IEC 62566 series, published under the general title Nuclear power plants
– Instrumentation and control important to safety – Development of HDL-programmed
integrated circuits, can be found on the IEC website.
In this document, the following print types are used:
– Requirements and recommendations applicable specifically to class 3 or to class 2 systems
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The committee has decided that the contents of this do
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN IEC 62566-2:2020
01-september-2020
Jedrske elektrarne - Merilna in nadzorna oprema za zagotavljanje varnosti - Razvoj
HDL-programiranih integriranih vezij - 2. del: HDL-programirana integrirana vezja
za sisteme, ki izvajajo funkcije kategorije B ali C
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety -
Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits - Part 2: HDL-programmed
integrated circuits for systems performing category B or C functions
Kernkraftwerke – Leittechnik für Systeme mit sicherheitstechnischer Bedeutung –
Entwicklung HDL-programmierter integrierter Schaltkreise - Teil 2: HDL-programmierte
integrierte Schaltkreise für Systeme, die Funktionen der Kategorie B oder C ausführen
(IEC 62566-2:2020)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance – Instrumentation et contrôle-commande importants
pour la sûreté – Développement des circuits intégrés programmés en HDL – Partie 2:
Circuits intégrés programmés en HDL pour les systèmes réalisant des fonctions de
catégorie B ou C
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 62566-2:2020
ICS:
27.120.20 Jedrske elektrarne. Varnost Nuclear power plants. Safety
31.200 Integrirana vezja, Integrated circuits.
mikroelektronika Microelectronics
oSIST prEN IEC 62566-2:2020 en
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EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 62566-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2020
ICS 27.120.20
English Version
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important
to safety - Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits - Part
2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing
category B or C functions
(IEC 62566-2:2020)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance - Instrumentation et contrôle- Kernkraftwerke – Leittechnik für Systeme mit
commande importants pour la sûreté - Développement des circuits sicherheitstechnischer Bedeutung – Entwicklung HDL-
intégrés programmés en HDL - Partie 2: Circuits intégrés programmés en programmierter integrierter Schaltkreise - Teil 2: HDL-
HDL pour les systèmes réalisant des fonctions de catégorie B ou C programmierte integrierte Schaltkreise für Systeme, die
(IEC 62566-2:2020) Funktionen der Kategorie B oder C ausführen
(IEC 62566-2:2020)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2020-10-09.
The text of this draft consists of the text of IEC 62566-2:2020.
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European foreword
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Bibliography
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC/IEEE 60780-323:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60780-323:2017 (not modified)
IEC 61508-1:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-1:2010 (not modified)
IEC 61508-2:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-2:2010 (not modified)
IEC 61508-3:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-3:2010 (not modified)
IEC 61508-4:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-4:2010 (not modified)
IEC 62645 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62645 to be published
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60880 2006 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 60880 2009
control systems important to safety -
Software aspects for computer-based
systems performing category A functions
IEC 60987 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 60987 -
control important to safety - Hardware
design requirements for computer-based
systems
IEC 61226 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61226 -
control important to safety - Classification of
instrumentation and control functions
IEC 61513 2011 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61513 2013
control important to safety - General
requirements for systems
IEC 62138 2018 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN IEC 62138 2019
control systems important to safety -
Software aspects for computer-based
systems performing category B or C
functions
IEC 62340 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 62340 -
control systems important to safety -
Requirements for coping with common
cause failure (CCF)
IEC 62566 2012 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 62566 2014
control important to safety - Development of
HDL-programmed integrated circuits for
systems performing category A functions
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IEC 62566-2
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INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control important to safety –
Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits –
Part 2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing
category B or C functions
Centrales nucléaires de puissance – Instrumentation et contrôle-commande
importants pour la sûreté – Développement des circuits intégrés programmés
en HDL –
Partie 2: Circuits intégrés programmés en HDL pour les systèmes réalisant
des fonctions de catégorie B ou C
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 11
3 Terms and definitions . 11
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 18
5 General requirements for HPD projects . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Life-cycle . 19
5.3 Gradation principals . 21
5.4 HPD quality assurance . 22
5.4.1 General . 22
5.5 Configuration management . 23
5.5.1 General . 23
5.6 HPD Verification . 23
6 HPD requirements specification . 24
6.1 General . 24
6.1.1 Overview . 24
6.2 Functional aspects of the requirements specification . 25
6.2.1 General . 25
6.3 Fault detection and fault tolerance . 26
6.4 Requirements capture using Electronic System Level tools . 26
6.4.1 General . 26
6.4.2 Requirements on the formalism of tools used at ESL level . 27
6.4.3 Interface with design tools . 27
7 Acceptance process for programmable integrated circuits, native blocks and Pre-
Developed Blocks . 27
7.1 General . 27
7.2 Acceptance process for programmable integrated circuits and included
native blocks . 27
7.2.1 General . 27
7.2.2 Integrated Circuit acceptance . 28
7.3 Acceptance process for PDBs . 29
7.3.1 General . 29
7.3.2 PDB functional suitability . 29
7.3.3 Documentation for safety of PDBs . 30
7.3.4 Generation of supporting documentation for safety . 30
7.3.5 Complementary means . 32
7.3.6 Rules of use . 32
7.3.7 Modification for acceptance . 33
8 HPD design and implementation . 33
8.1 General . 33
8.2 Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and related tools . 33
8.2.1 General . 33
8.3 Design . 33
8.3.1 General . 33
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8.3.2 Fault detection . 35
8.3.3 Language and coding rules . 35
8.3.4 Synchronous vs. asynchronous design . 36
8.3.5 Power Management . 37
8.3.6 Design documentation . 37
8.4 Implementation . 37
8.4.1 Products . 37
8.4.2 Files of parameters and constraints . 37
8.4.3 Post-route analyses . 37
8.4.4 Redundancies introduced or removed by the tools . 38
8.4.5 Finite state machines . 38
8.4.6 Static Timing Analysis . 38
8.4.7 Implementation documentation . 38
8.5 System level tools and automated code generation . 39
8.5.1 General . 39
9 HPD integration and testing . 39
9.1 General . 39
9.2 Test-benches for HPD functional simulation . 40
9.3 Test coverage . 40
9.4 Test execution . 41
10 HPD aspects of system integration . 41
10.1 General . 41
10.2 Requirements . 41
11 HPD aspects of system validation . 42
11.1 General . 42
11.2 Requirements . 42
12 Modification . 43
12.1 Modification of the requirements, design or implementation . 43
12.1.1 General . 43
12.2 Modification of the micro-electronic technology . 45
13 HPD production . 45
13.1 General . 45
13.2 Production tests . 45
13.3 Programming files and programming activities . 45
14 HPD aspects of installation, commissioning and operation . 46
14.1 General . 46
14.1.1 Overview . 46
14.2 Anomaly reports . 46
15 Software tools for the development of HPDs . 46
15.1 General . 46
15.1.1 Overview . 46
15.2 Additional requirements for design, implementation and simulation tools . 47
16 Design segmentation or partitioning . 48
16.1 Background. 48
16.2 Auxiliary or support functions . 48
16.2.1 General . 48
16.2.2 Partitioning of auxiliary or support functions or functions of an inferior
safety category . 48
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17 Defences against HPD Common Cause Failure . 49
Annex A (informative) Documentation . 50
A.1 General . 50
A.2 Project . 50
A.3 HPD requirement specification . 50
A.4 Acceptance of blank integrated circuits, Native Blocks and PDBs . 50
A.5 HPD design and implementation . 50
A.6 HPD integration and testing . 51
A.7 HPD aspects of system integration. 51
A.8 HPD aspects of system validation . 51
A.9 Modification . 51
A.10 HPD production . 51
A.11 Software tools for the development of HPDs . 51
Annex B (informative) Development of HPDs . 52
B.1 General . 52
B.2 Optional capture of requirements at Electronic System Level . 52
B.3 HPD and system life-cycle . 52
B.4 Design . 53
B.5 Acceptance process for programmable integrated circuits, native blocks and
Pre-Developed Blocks . 54
B.6 Implementation . 54
B.7 HPD integration and testing . 55
B.8 Types of specific integrated circuits . 55
B.8.1 General . 55
B.8.2 PAL (Programmable Array Logic) . 56
B.8.3 PLD, CPLD (Programmable Logic Device, Complex PLD) . 56
B.8.4 FPGA . 56
B.8.5 Gate Array, or pre-diffused integrated circuit . 57
B.8.6 Standard Cells . 57
B.8.7 “Full custom ASIC”, or “raw ASIC” . 57
Bibliography . 58
Figure 1 – System life-cycle (informative, as defined by IEC 61513) . 20
Figure 2 – HPD life-cycle . 21
Figure 3 – Overview of selection and acceptance process for blank Integrated Circuits
and native blocks . 28
Figure 4 – Overview of selection and acceptance process for PDBs . 29
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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS –
INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY –
DEVELOPMENT OF HDL-PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS –
Part 2: HDL-programmed integrated circuits
for systems performing category B or C functions
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International Standard IEC 62566-2 has been prepared by subcommittee 45A: Instrumentation,
control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities, of IEC technical committee 45: Nuclear
instrumentation.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
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45A/1304/FDIS 45A/1314/RVD
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