• DocumentCode
    1299435
  • Title

    Altitude and Underground Real-Time SER Characterization of CMOS 65 nm SRAM

  • Author

    Autran, L. ; Roche, P. ; Sauze, S. ; Gasiot, G. ; Munteanu, D. ; Loaiza, P. ; Zampaolo, M. ; Borel, J.

  • Author_Institution
    CNRS, Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille, France
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    2258
  • Lastpage
    2266
  • Abstract
    We report real-time SER characterization of CMOS 65 nm SRAM memories in both altitude and underground environments. Neutron and alpha-particle SERs are compared with data obtained from accelerated tests and values previously measured for CMOS 130 nm technology.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; SRAM chips; CMOS; SRAM memories; accelerated tests; alpha-particle single-event rate; neutron single-event rate; real-time SER characterization; size 130 nm; size 65 nm; CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Contamination; Impurities; Integrated circuit technology; Microelectronics; Nanostructured materials; Neutrons; Pollution measurement; Random access memory; Accelerated tests; SER simulation; alpha contamination; atmospheric neutrons; neutron-induced SER; real-time testing; single-Event Rate (SER); static memory; terrestrial radiation environment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2009.2012426
  • Filename
    5204636