A New Technique for SET Pulse Width Measurement in Chains of Inverters Using Pulsed Laser Irradiation

Author

Ferlet-Cavrois, V. ; McMorrow, D. ; Kobayashi, D. ; Fel, N. ; Melinger, J.S. ; Schwank, J.R. ; Gaillardin, M. ; Pouget, V. ; Essely, F. ; Baggio, J. ; Girard, S. ; Flament, O. ; Paillet, P. ; Flores, R.S. ; Dodd, P.E. ; Shaneyfelt, M.R. ; Hirose, K. ; Sai

Author_Institution

DAM, Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique, Arpajon, France

Volume

56

Issue

4

fYear

2009

Firstpage

2014

Lastpage

2020

Abstract

A new technique is developed to measure precisely and accurately the width of propagating voltage transients induced by irradiation of inverter chains. The technique is based on measurement of the supply current in a detection inverter, and permits a direct determination of the transient width with a 50 GHz bandwidth.

Keywords

PWM invertors; digital circuits; electric current measurement; laser beam effects; pulse measurement; transients; SET pulse width measurement; bandwidth 50 GHz; detection inverter; digital circuits; inverter chains; pulsed laser irradiation; single event transients; voltage transient propagation; Circuits; Delay; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laboratories; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse inverters; Pulse measurements; Pulse width modulation inverters; Voltage; Chains of inverters; SET width; pulsed laser irradiation; single event transient;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2009.2017374

Filename

5204535