SEU rate calculation with GEANT4 (comparison with CREME 86)

Author

Inguimbert, C. ; Duzellier, S.

Author_Institution

ONERA-DESP, Toulouse, France

Volume

51

Issue

5

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2805

Lastpage

2810

Abstract

This paper reports on single-event upset (SEU) rate calculations using the GEANT4 code. Single event effect rate modeling can be performed using various approaches. In this paper, we propose to compare the standard rectangular parallepiped (RPP) cosmic ray effects in microelectronic code (CREME86) model with our direct Monte Carlo simulation using the GEANT 4 (radiation transport code developed by CERN) software. The results obtained on two device types are in good agreement with CREME86.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; astronomy computing; cosmic ray energy spectra; cosmic ray interactions; integrated circuits; solar flares; CERN; CREME 86; GEANT4 code; SEU rate calculation; cosmic ray effects; direct Monte Carlo simulation; heavy ion; microelectronic code; radiation transport code; single event effect rate modelling; single-event upset; solar flares; standard rectangular parallepiped method; Code standards; Cosmic rays; Error analysis; Microelectronics; Prediction methods; Random access memory; Shape; Single event upset; Software standards; Standards development; RPP; SEU rate; heavy ion; method; rectangular parallepiped; upset;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2004.836524

Filename

1344421