• DocumentCode
    1244122
  • Title

    Cancer-radiotherapy equipment as a cause of soft errors in electronic equipment

  • Author

    Wilkinson, Jeffrey D. ; Bounds, Chad ; Brown, Timothy ; Gerbi, Bruce J. ; Peltier, Joel

  • Author_Institution
    Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    449
  • Lastpage
    451
  • Abstract
    The undesirable production of secondary neutrons by cancer-radiotherapy linear accelerators (linac) has been demonstrated to cause soft errors in nearby electronics through the 10B(n,a)7Li reaction. 10B is a component in the BPSG used as a dielectric material in some integrated-circuit (IC) fabrication processes.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; integrated circuits; linear accelerators; radiation effects; radiation therapy; cancer radiotherapy equipment; dielectric material; electronic equipment; integrated circuit fabrication; linear accelerators; neutron radiation effects; soft errors; Boron; Cancer; Contamination; Dielectrics; Electronic equipment; Linear particle accelerator; Neoplasms; Neutrons; Particle production; Tungsten; BPSG; Biomedical applications of radiation; boron; integrated circuit radiation effects; neutron radiation effects; radiotherapy; single event upset; soft errors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Device and Materials Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1530-4388
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TDMR.2005.858342
  • Filename
    1545906
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1244122